Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2011/5/22 10:48:08

My heater and defroster high positions work fine, but on low, they smoke. There's a little ceramic cylinder inside the resistors. One is broken and I tried to connect it, but it make things worse. I did take it apart and clean the innards. The plastic piece Jerry at Yesterday's Radio makes is $25. That and the chrome piece probably modified, could work and look right with a modern switch. There's a small electrical shop here I might take it too. The rebuild starters and generators. The owner is older the me(!) and might have a solution or know how to repair. At the moment, I'm pushing to get the car finished.

On my incorrect setup there were 2 spacers. An old looking one 3/4 in and a newer one 1/2 in, so the 3/4 one is probably original. After i received the NOS, rebuilt one for $200, it matched up to one old one I had, which was the original I had replaced with the chevy pickup version. I can have that rebuilt for $100, but the warranty is only for 5 years. So toward the end of the NOS warranty, I'll send this crusty one in for rebuild. Hopefully I will not have driven off a cliff by then.