Well, thanx to all, who responded to H's plight!
Jim Hoekendijk mentioned that the REASON, that you shouldn't hold-down
the turn signal lever, at the end of a turning-movement, is that you run
the risk of breaking-off, the plastic switch-nub,......(that connects to
that pot- metal "horse shoe" lever-arm, which, itself, can break,
apparently, as I've seen replacement 'arms', on Ebay)..... can
break-off, and when THAT happens, you are looking to buy the
switch-mechanism, with its multi-wire loom,
which "disappears" inside the steering column, (somewhere).......
FORTUNATELY, I just had to apply contact-cleaner, liberally, onto/into
the switch (after I un-screwed it, from the 'base-assembly', which,
itself screws into the steering wheel interior.
My problem, yesterday, was that the 'base-assembly' "didn't" want to be
pulled out, of the steering wheel 'interior, after its 2 mounting
screws were removed, & I didn't want to 'force' (break) anything.
The entire 'base-assembly' SHOULD come out, without messing with the
'horse shoe' lever, but, I removed the lever-arm, & then WAS able to
'induce' the base assembly to come out (I think the switch's thick/stiff
wires were what was
holding-back the base-assembly's removal.
The actual turn-signal switch is about 1 1/2" long, but has about SIX
wires attached to it.
What is nice about pre-70-ish cars is that
their electrical controls are really large, and
"electro-mechanical", in construction , so that they can be
dis-assembled, cleaned/adjusted, and re-assembled, by someone without
a "computer-analyzer", and without having to replace
the item, 'just-because" it's not working satisfactorily.
So, once the switch got a contact-cleaning, it got re-installed, onto
its 'base'-unit, and the entire enchilada was lubed & re-assembled,
& the switch is as good as nuevo!!!
And, so, to all, a good NITE!
Neil Vedder
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