At 11:30 PM 8/21/97 -0400, you wrote:
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>Mark J Bradakis wrote:
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>> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 22:20:31 -0400
>> From: "Mike Ellsworth" <mikeells@alpha.shianet.org>
>> Subject: Dash light dimmer
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>> Can someone tell me how toget a dash light rheostat (dimmer) apart? I am
>> trying to replace my broken unit, and can't get the knob off the shaft to
>> allow it to push through the hole. It has a little button on the bottom of
>> the knob that looks like it is a press button to push to release the knob
>> from the shaft. Despite soaking in WD-40. the button won't push, and the
>> knob won't come loose.
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>Come on, everyone! I've been anxiously waiting for a reply to this one as a
friend
>of mine just bought a '79 B that has the same problem. Can't turn it, can't
pull
>it, can't push it, too small to use a hammer. We're stumped! Help!
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>Thanks!
>
>Gary A. Graham
>"closing in on a" '74 roadster
I think you are doing it right! It's not easy. Sometimes people epoxy them
on. In that case you have to take some pliers and crush it and buy another
and epoxy it on.
Don Mathis,Ph.D.
donmathis@lucent.com
'61 MGA
'37 Derby Bentley (B190KT)
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