[Healeys] Trafficator reinstallation issues

[Michael Salter]

Hi Michael,
The first question is hard to visualize  ... can you send pics?
The question regarding the olive I suspect is because you are working with
a solid "plumbing " olive rather than the correct and somewhat more
difficult to find "split" olive.
The correct type will usually slip over the end of the tube easily.
If the end of the tube is damaged it is easily cleaned up with a file.

M


On Sun., Sep. 6, 2020, 3:36 p.m. Michael Oritt via Healeys, <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I sent my trafficator/horn assembly off to Curt Arndt for refurbishing and
> got it back in great condition. However I am having difficulty in
> reinstalling it:
>
> 1. I have fed the wires down the stator tube and am ready to attach the
> trafficator assembly which is done via three #4BA flat head machine screws
> that go through the countersunk holes in the stator tube end plate and pick
> up the thin copper or brass piece which resembles a spring washer. Because
> of the piece's thinness there is really only one thread of engagement and
> whenever I attempt to push the head/tube home into its final position I
> invariably dislodge one of the screws from the head. Am I doing something
> wrong here or am I simply being ham-handed?
>
> 2. Is there a trick to getting the olive over the end of the stator tube
> as I cannot get it started and before I start exerting force I thought I
> would enquire whether it needs to be heated, etc. Getting the old one off
> was not easy and i would up having to cut it with a dremel tool. It is
> possible that I have slightly buggered the end of the stator tube and
> wonder if perhaps I need to dress the end, chamfering it a bit?
>
> Any help will be appreciated--weather is beginning to cool off and I would
> like to get the car back on the road.
>
>
> Best--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
>
>
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