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 Moosey
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| posted on May 4th, 2014 at 08:33 PM |
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Droopy Semaphore
Can anyone help me with my early 60 Beetle semaphore indicator ,like many of us over 50s my left indicator will not raise up that last inch (25mm).
All advice appreciated.
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| posted on May 5th, 2014 at 07:26 AM |
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Remove from the car remove the lens plastic, bulb
give a good wash out in petrol or kero open the arm when washing to remove dirt from the solinoid rod
blow off with air scrap the gunk of the electrical terminal
you can coat the coil with a laquer if you want
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| posted on May 5th, 2014 at 06:57 PM |
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Thanks for that I will give it a go this weekend. Fingers crossed
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| posted on May 6th, 2014 at 07:34 PM |
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OK Did all that and I have a lovely clean semaphore that still stops a little short of the mark (same as before clean). Is there any thing else I
could try?
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| posted on May 6th, 2014 at 08:22 PM |
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check all the terminal contacts and make sure you have a good charged battery
especially check the earth points on the car
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| posted on May 6th, 2014 at 08:40 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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OK Did all that and I have a lovely clean semaphore that still stops a little short of the mark (same as before clean). Is there any thing else I
could try?
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Viagra
I read it on samba, so it must be correct.
Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!
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| posted on May 6th, 2014 at 10:13 PM |
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right one works fine so the problem is only with the left one.
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| posted on May 7th, 2014 at 04:59 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
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OK Did all that and I have a lovely clean semaphore that still stops a little short of the mark (same as before clean). Is there any thing else I
could try?
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Viagra
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I was thinking the same thing. only problem is it wont go down for 3 or 4 blocks
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| posted on May 7th, 2014 at 07:26 PM |
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OK I finally fixed the semaphore. I decided to swap over left indicator with the right one ,while they were both out I compared the two even though
they were different models (C and E after numbers) they are very similar . The problem was that someone had done a dodgy repair using a split pin at
the connection at the top of the cylinder and link to the indicator physically stopping the piston mech from going all the way down. I replaced this
with a small section of a pop rivet shaft slightly flattened at one end put them back and bingo they are both going up all the way. No Viagra required
but one happy veedubber regardless.
Thanks All
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