At 17:07 22-2-2001 +0000, Michael Hargreave Mawson wrote:
>The hot/cold and air direction levers in my new Spit are unbelievably
>stiff in operation, although they do actually do what they are supposed
>to when you can get them to move. Where should I be lubricating them?
>The Haynes Manual shows how to get at the control mechanisms, and I
>suppose I could grease the pivots and clean up the working surfaces, but
>where else should I be looking?
Lubricate the pivots point _and_ the cables running off in various
directions. Stiffness in this case is IMHO mostly due to sticking cables.
>Oh, and does anyone know what size Allen Key is required to release the
>grubscrews in the knobs? The smallest one I have is far too big!
It's 1/16" and in case you're interested: keys in that size are incredibly
difficult to obtain in metric countries. Do not use a 1.5mm one, you'll
ruin the grubscrews. :-(
>(BTW, does anyone else find the following instruction in the Owner's
>Manual hilarious? "To increase ventilation, the side windows may be
>lowered.")
What's wrong with that? Perfectly sound advice, I'd say. ;-)
Cheers,
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Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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