<div dir="auto">It rests in the steering column . The stator tube goes through it and it keeps the stator tube from rattling and centered in the steering column about 1.5 inches long.<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 5, 2018 9:02 PM, "richard mayor" <<a href="mailto:boyracer466@gmail.com">boyracer466@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">What is a "Lantern" spring?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Curtis Arndt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cnaarndt@gmail.com" target="_blank">cnaarndt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Alan,<br><br></div>Been there done that. Typically the old stator tube is so rusty as to make messing with this NOT worth my time and effort. The wires are sometimes near impossible to remove. Moss sells a really nice stator tube, and the new wiring harness fits down very nicely without having to cut off one of the bullets. What I'm saying is that IF you can get the wires out, the inside of the tube will still be a bloody mess. <br><br>I know, I just built up a
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trafficator switch for an owner in Arizona. His stator tube was very rusted and the wires would not budge. In the trash it went, and I ordered one from Moss. And yes, I saved the almost impossible to find "Lantern" spring on the stator tube!<br><br></div><div>Plus, who would want to pt their switch on a rusty old stator tube?<br><br></div><div>I have not forgotten, just busy. I'll email you about mailing the battery cases to Michael<br></div><div><br></div>Cheers,<br><br></div>Curt<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:19 PM, Alan Seigrist <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com" target="_blank">healey.nut@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Maybe give oven cleaner a try?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:15 PM, Bert Van Brande <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bertvanbrande@yahoo.com" target="_blank">bertvanbrande@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,Lucida Grande,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139"><br></div><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139" dir="ltr">As I am ready to replace the stator wiring loom on the 56 100 BN2, I find the old loom is completely stuck inside the tube. </div><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139" dir="ltr">I have no wires left on the trafficator end. Pulling the wire on the other end, there is no movement and I am afraid I will break the little that is left from the brittle wires. (not that I need them)</div><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139" dir="ltr">Any garage tricks to negotiate these 62 year old wires from the tube? I already tried WD40 and some modest heat applied to outside of the tube but no luck yet.</div><span class="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="m_1723060878317487922m_-6376068055512433882m_-6255554544589738530m_9182598089705675840yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1520198539583_12139" dir="ltr">Bert</div></font></span></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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