Re: 63 Classic blinker switch...

["Timothy O'Connell" <toconnel@xxxxxxx>]

Definitely the switch Tom....but I hear ya on the cams...they've gotta be
new.  The way they're designed...even the new ones can break pretty easily.
The last time I found 'em...I bought 3 extra for just that reason (sent one
to "little car"   ; )   )...so now I got some spares.

Anyway....the switch is shot and I what I'm hearing is "don't go NOS or
Used".  Sooooo.....I guess we'll have to wait for Blazer unless someone's
got another source for these.

T.


> From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: <mail-From-toconnel-mac.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:36:18 -0700 (PDT)
> To: AMC List <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: re: 63 Classic blinker switch...
> 
> On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Timothy O'Connell wrote:
> 
>> Baby Blue's blinker switch went out on me.  Got the column apart but need to
>> find a switch....any ideas?  Blazer says he's getting some after market ones
>> made...but it'd be nice to find and NOS or something already on the shelf.
>> Any help would be terrific,
> 
> All of the old nylon is bad, even NOS. Some plastics just
> self-degrade.  It's accellerated by temperature, I think, so if
> you find some stored in the Arctic or something they might be
> "like new".
> 
> Been there/done that. I used NOS and replacement parts. None of
> them lasted.
> 
> You say "went out" -- do you mean the self-canceller or the
> switch?  YOu can probablt find a used or NOS switch that works,
> but the turn-cancellers, forgetaboutit.
> 
> If Blazer is having them reproduced, that'll be a big win.
> 
> 
> Likewise NOS strut bushings for the 1963 and 1964, a unique part
> and none of the old ones will be drivable. I found a fix for that
> though.
> 
> 63 and 64 are unique in that the strut rod is not adjustable on
> the front side (like later ones, and Americans) so you can't just
> stuff a late-model bushing in it.
> 
> 
> 
> PS Your mail had some strange characters in it that made my mailer
> generate a MIME attachment, which the AMC list doesn't accept.
> 
> You should probably TURN OFF all features in you mail program --
> if you can change typefaces, color, type size, bold, etc then your
> mail will cause problems on mailing lists...
> 
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