Re: Randy Berger's 1956 Caribbean

Posted by Randy Berger On 2008/6/20 23:26:43

The PB motor wasn't functioning so I removed it and found a small brass extension on one brush tube had broken. One of the field coil wires was soldered to this tab. There is not much clearance there and little room to work. I retrieved another field coil from my stash and installed it. I have a piece of heavy sheet metal bolted to the frame so I can mount the PB and T/L relays to verify every thing is working. The PB unit still would not actuate with the buttons although the motor will run either direction. I determined the eight-wire plug contacts were at fault, so I slipped them out of the plug one at a time and used the Dremel and a bristle brush soaked in Brasso to polish them. I didn't have to remove the contacts in the male side of the plug. Here's a pic of the female side which I have cleaned up now. Pretty cruddy. I used a very small screwdriver to unlock the tab and another one to push the contact out of the plug. I sprayed everything with contact cleaner to remove any Brasso residue.

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