[Healeys] Trafficator reinstallation issues

[Bob Haskell]

Bob,

I've made a few, cutting the slot with a slotting saw and then dressing 
the end of the slot with an end mill to get the radius.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 9/6/20 5:32 PM, Bob Spidell via Healeys wrote:
> (Somewhat) on-topic: With the adjustable steering wheels, the (long) 
> stator tube is often cracked at the corner of the slot; has anyone 
> tried radiusing the slot corners to help prevent this? This is one of 
> the things that cause the trafficator to sometimes rotate with the 
> wheel (the other being no gap between the wheel hub and the 
> trafficator hub).
>
> Bob
>
> On 9/6/2020 2:09 PM, Bob Haskell wrote:
>> Michael,
>>
>> With regards to the three screws holding the control head to the 
>> short stator tube, there should be more thread engagement. There are 
>> three alignment pins on the backside of the control head that fit 
>> into small holes on the short stator tube.  The copper ground ring 
>> has to fit around them too.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Bob Haskell
>> Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar
>>
>> On 9/6/20 3:35 PM, Michael Oritt via Healeys wrote:
>>>
>>>     I sent my trafficator/horn assembly off to Curt Arndt for
>>>     refurbishing and got it back in great condition. However I am
>>>     having difficulty in reinstalling it:
>>>
>>>     1. I have fed the wires down the stator tube and am ready to
>>>     attach the trafficator assembly which is done via three #4BA flat
>>>     head machine screws that go through the countersunk holes in the
>>>     stator tube end plate and pick up the thin copper or brass piece
>>>     which resembles a spring washer. Because of the piece's thinness
>>>     there is really only one thread of engagement and whenever I
>>>     attempt to push the head/tube home into its final position I
>>>     invariably dislodge one of the screws from the head. Am I doing
>>>     something wrong here or am I simply being ham-handed?
>>>
>>>     2. Is there a trick to getting the olive over the end of the
>>>     stator tube as I cannot get it started and before I start exerting
>>>     force I thought I would enquire whether it needs to be heated,
>>>     etc. Getting the old one off was not easy and i would up having to
>>>     cut it with a dremel tool. It is possible that I have slightly
>>>     buggered the end of the stator tube and wonder if perhaps I need
>>>     to dress the end, chamfering it a bit?
>>>
>>>     Any help will be appreciated--weather is beginning to cool off and
>>>     I would like to get the car back on the road.
>>>
>>>
>>>     Best--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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