Re: 1938 Super 8 1605 - adventures with a newbie
Posted by kevinpackard On 2023/1/18 1:15:15
Thanks for the tips Tim. I wouldn't mind using a different switch, but I'm not even sure where to look for them.
I was able to get the switch apart tonight. It was a real pain to bend/grind the cast metal away in order to get the rear plate off. Then I had to carefully remove the rest of it, which was mostly brittle plastic.
I attempted to pull the wire out of the inside of the armored cable. It moved about 2 inches, then tore. The rubber and cloth sheathing totally melted and is acting like glue. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get the wire out.
The wire is attached somehow to the switch, but I can't figure out if it was pressed or soldered. I've been trying to drill out the remainder of the wire, with limited success. Separating the rest of the switch may not be possible....there is a smashed pin in the middle, and if I remove that I don't think I will be able to get it to fold over again and retain all the pieces.
At this point, I'm wondering if I can solder a new wire to the contact, and run it sans armored cable to the coil. The armored cable is nice looking, but I'm not worried about theft and I'd rather have the car run at this point than be overly concerned with 100% accuracy. The car has A/C and a '39 block grafted to a '38 crankcase, so accuracy is kind of out the window.
-Kevin
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I was able to get the switch apart tonight. It was a real pain to bend/grind the cast metal away in order to get the rear plate off. Then I had to carefully remove the rest of it, which was mostly brittle plastic.
I attempted to pull the wire out of the inside of the armored cable. It moved about 2 inches, then tore. The rubber and cloth sheathing totally melted and is acting like glue. I don't know if I'll ever be able to get the wire out.
The wire is attached somehow to the switch, but I can't figure out if it was pressed or soldered. I've been trying to drill out the remainder of the wire, with limited success. Separating the rest of the switch may not be possible....there is a smashed pin in the middle, and if I remove that I don't think I will be able to get it to fold over again and retain all the pieces.
At this point, I'm wondering if I can solder a new wire to the contact, and run it sans armored cable to the coil. The armored cable is nice looking, but I'm not worried about theft and I'd rather have the car run at this point than be overly concerned with 100% accuracy. The car has A/C and a '39 block grafted to a '38 crankcase, so accuracy is kind of out the window.
-Kevin
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