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  1. Skippr1999

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    #1 Skippr1999, Dec 6, 2024
    Image Unavailable, Please Login I recently purchased the replacement stalk from Dino Parts. Does anyone have a good technique for removing the olive shaped switch from the stalk without damaging it ?
    How can I release the very old plastic retainer cap?
     
  2. swift53

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    #2 swift53, Dec 6, 2024
    Please be more specific, show what you bought, and what is damaged in the switch?
    These stalks are tricky for the uninitiated.

    Regards, Alberto
     
  3. Skippr1999

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    #3 Skippr1999, Dec 6, 2024
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    #4 Sergio Tavares, Dec 6, 2024
    use a thin pry

     
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    #5 Skippr1999, Dec 6, 2024
    That’s so much for posting Sergio !
    any idea how the electrical internal cylinder attaches to the end of the new stalk ?
     
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    #6 russh, Dec 7, 2024
    Hi, I believe that it is pressed onto the stalk.
     
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    #7 Motob, Dec 7, 2024
    I use a single edge razor blade to separate the olive shaped knob from the retainer.
     
  8. Motob

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    #8 Motob, Dec 7, 2024
    The original internal cylinder is moulded onto the end of the old stalk, it may break if you try to remove it. It would probably be a good idea to purchase a new cylinder and install it with CA glue.
     
  9. Skippr1999

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    #9 Skippr1999, Dec 8, 2024
    Thanks for that. I didn’t realize it was molded on. The Dino Parts website just shows the parts with no mention of how they go together.
     
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    #10 swift53, Dec 8, 2024
    No cake and eat it too, in Dinoland :eek:

    Part sellers, do not often tell 100% of reality, then you are faced with a can of worms.

    I had 4 sets of light stalk switches restored with Verell, and he can tell you a thing or two on how they are put together.
    Vitaloni at its best. Who cares how long it lasts...

    Best of luck!
    Regards, Alberto
     
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    #11 Skippr1999, Dec 9, 2024
    I’m hesitant to go the Verrell route due to reports of him being in poor health,etc.
    I feel like if I mail him my parts I may never see them again
     
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    #12 mar3kl, Dec 9, 2024
    Try O.D.D. Parts in Sonoma CA. They did a great job repairing my turn signal assembly.
     
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  13. Skippr1999

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    #13 Skippr1999, Dec 9, 2024
    Thanks Mark
     

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