> I have a little electric heater; the kind that has heating coils and a
> fan. This one is not very powerful; only about 600W. I set it up in the car
> with a long extension cord. Leave one window open, the other closed. This
> allows the heat to build up in the passenger compartment while still letting
> the moisture exit.
I do a similar thing - but I didn't have a little heater so I just mounted an
incandescent light socket on a foot square piece of plywood, and used a
pineapple juice can as a heat sheild/dissipater. A 60 watt bulb dries the
car out a lot faster then I would have guessed. Of course there is this erie
glow radiating from the car ...
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There is a Datsun 1600 roadster for sale in town and I thought I'd take a look
at it. Can anyone give me a few pointers on what to watch for - I don't know
much about these cars - actually - if someone could send me the address for the
datsun roadster mailing list I will send a posting their way ...
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I had lots of fun yesterday removing a thoroughly corroded MGA high beam switch
and bracket from my car. The bracket is mounted such that you cannot fit a
socket onto the mounting nuts - and with insufficient space to land a wrench.
Thank god for vise grips!
The switch itself works, but its cover (the metal cap piece that you press with
your foot) is seriously corroded. I want to dip it, sand it, and repaint it -
but it seems to be rivitted to the rest of the switch assembly (which probably
won't take to well to the acid). I am probably going to drill out the rivit
unless someone has another suggestion (like ... heh - I just happen to have one
of those switches kicking around ... )!
Why am I obsessing over the high beam switch which no one can see? I don't
know - some things just bug me!
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While I am on the topic of removing hard to remove (seized) things from an LBC,
I have used drills, chisels, dremel tool, vise grips - and whatever else I
could find. Does anyone have any unique ways of getting stubborn pieces apart
that they might like to share?
One thing that I have never figured out is punches. I have a set of punches
which I inherited, but I have rarely found a use for these puppies. Am I
missing something or are these for fairly specific operation - um - like
"punching"!?
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Rob
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