Hello, Healeyphiles -
It's normally not necessary to bend the "twisty tabby thingies" to disassemble
the trafficator. I learned this almost too late, but not before I broke two
of the four of them off and before the days of the internet and the Healeys
e-mail list.
Rather than unbending the tabs, find the three screws that hold the two halves
of the trafficator together. These are exposed by rotating the circular plate
with the three holes in it to line up the holes with the screw heads.
Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC USA
----- Original Message -----
From: Brashear, Jack, N
To: Jonathan and Carole Quandt ; healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 12:15 PM
Subject: RE: Trafficator grief (acceptance)
Hi All, I successfully rebuilt my T-cator myself a few years ago. While
it was indeed very tedious I just made little sketches of how it came
apart. I ended up completely dismantling the entire thing and, Yes, the
twisty tabby thingies did break off when I tried to straighten them for
disassembly. However, just a quick tiny dab from my wire welder
substituted for the little twisty tabby thingies and everything went
back together and it's all working just fine now. I MIGHT BE able to
recall some of the details so feel free to ask if you'd like.
Jack
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