| Author | Message | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2049 Registered: 5-2001 |
Correction Mike, I made the cuts angled the other way, to guide the homemade "clip" over the rivet. I think I put a drop of superglue on them too, to make sure they did not come off. I did all three switches and they held for the two plus years I had the car. | ||
| Mike Procopio (Pupz308)
Member Username: Pupz308 Post Number: 569 Registered: 10-2002 |
COOL! Thanks guys. Dave, thank you for the information--that is exactly what I will do. Nothing like finding out some half-baked idea of yours turned out to be exactly what some guy who actually KNOWS what he's doing (DAVE!) already did  . | ||
| dave handa (Davehanda)
Intermediate Member Username: Davehanda Post Number: 2047 Registered: 5-2001 |
Mike, I know what you are doing...I did the same thing to fix the pin switches on my previous 308. I bought some small, thin fiber washers at Lowe's Hardware store. I then cut them to the approximate shape you are describing and "snapped" them in place. I also tried plastic washers, but the fiber ones worked best and where thinner and more rigid than the plastic ones. | ||
| Scott Grossman (Sngsmgaolcom)
Junior Member Username: Sngsmgaolcom Post Number: 102 Registered: 2-2002 |
Mike, I think a little create dremeling of a standard C clip might get you where you need to be. HTH Scott | ||
| Jeff B. (Miltonian)
Member Username: Miltonian Post Number: 631 Registered: 12-2002 |
Like this? Listing from McMaster/Carr catalog. Call an electrical supply house and talk to someone sympathetic, I'll bet they have them. Happy hunting!  | ||
| Mike Procopio (Pupz308)
Member Username: Pupz308 Post Number: 568 Registered: 10-2002 |
Now that's clever... Because I think fundamentally, what belongs there is a washer... The question is, how can I modify the washer to the point where I can get it ON to the shaft of the rivet (oh boy), but where it can't come off... That's what the spring is for in this little piece... I'm not sure a washer would spring open like that if cut? | ||
| Steven R. Rochlin (Enjoythemusic)
Member Username: Enjoythemusic Post Number: 815 Registered: 4-2002 |
While not sure what it really looks like as i have not tackled that part of the 308 here yet, perhaps get a proper sized washer and use a Dremil to cut/shape it? Just a guess. Enjoy the Drive, Steven R. Rochlin | ||
| Mike Procopio (Pupz308)
Member Username: Pupz308 Post Number: 567 Registered: 10-2002 |
Since finding 308 door pin switches seems to be ridiculously expensive or otherwise impossible, I've decided to refurbish mine. (I've got the "cores.") Really, after a good cleaning, the only problem is that the piece that connects spade connector to the actual top of the rivet is broken. I've tried glue and soldering, and failed with both. I've drawn a picture of a piece that I think will fix them. It's basically a "pac-man" looking piece of metal whose mouth can "spring" open under enough pressure.  It's about 2.5mm in diameter. The inner circle is the shaft of the rivet, the outer circle is the "lip" of the rivet that would catch against the pac-man piece of metal. The spade connector itself sits on a larger base on the pin switch. I know these things exist--any ideas where I can find them? |