<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Bill--</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Thanks, and I will do that too. I have actually found some replacement Smith's switches online but they all appear to be used, so I'll stick with mine as long as I can.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Judging by the prices Moss asks for new parts, such as a switch ($150.00+) or core ($950.00+) I am committed to keeping my car's present parts operable about as much as my own!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 12:07 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <<a href="mailto:ynotink@msn.com">ynotink@msn.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0">Hit the switch with a shot or two of contact cleaner before you close it all up. It may have just been a little corrosion on the contacts.</p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, October 26, 2018 6:20:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:airtightproductions@icloud.com" target="_blank">airtightproductions@icloud.com</a>; <a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] 100 Heater motor or switch problem</font>
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<div class="m_1246635125625308574PlainText">In aviation we call it PFM. Pure F**king Magic! I will amaze every time.
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Larry<br>
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From: Steven Kingsbury <<a href="mailto:airtightproductions@icloud.com" target="_blank">airtightproductions@icloud.com</a>><br>
To: Michael Oritt <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>><br>
Cc: Austin Healey <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2018 1:53 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 100 Heater motor or switch problem<br>
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Great news! I have a mechanic I work with and he does many British cars. Many times they arrive with a "problem" and as soon as he starts to look at the "problem", it's fixed! Don't know why or how, but it's working! Around the shop we call this "FM". Loosely
translated it means: F**king Magic!<br>
Glad to hear you're up and running again and if my heater motor ever needs attention, I like your idea of closing off the top vents, thanks for the suggestion.<br>
Steven Kingsbury<br>
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On Oct 26, 2018, at 09:09 AM, Michael Oritt <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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About an hour ago I popped the spring clips off of the heater face-plate which gave me access to the back of the rheostat switch. I first verified that there was power to the switch and then jumped across the two posts with a screwdriver. The heater motor came
on full blast, telling me that the problem was in the switch, which had felt a bit odd when I initially encountered the problem a few days ago as the "detent-like feel" when turning the fan on was missing. Though I assumed I had identified the problem as being
in the switch I nevertheless turned the control knob just to see how it felt and--wonder of wonders--the fan motor immediately came on. What's more it responded perfectly to the rheostat, going from full blast to low just as it always had. <br>
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I am 100% certain that I had the ignition switch on and the heater power lead connected with an intact fuse and I can only say that this is a typical Healey deal, and now that the car has my attention I am sure that should I simply close the heater up the switch
will probably act up at some point in the future. I'm going to investigate whether I can source a replacement switch, either Lucas or not. I'll also take the opportunity to repaint the front plate in black crackle and I am going to close off the top opening
that supplies heated air to the two vents in back of the windshield, which seems like a waste of hot air.<br>
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Thanks all for your patience and advise and I hope this gives some of you who have experienced similar situations a laugh.<br>
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