From:	Dave Darling [darling@simlab.arc.nasa.gov]
Sent:	Wednesday, May 19, 1999 9:51 AM
To:	wayne@pelicanparts.com
Subject:	[914] Re: Whats the size of the idiot light sender?

>Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 09:38:28 -0700
>To: David J Pateman <david_j.pateman@sympatico.ca>
>From: Dave Darling <darling@simlab.arc.nasa.gov>
>Subject: [914] Re: Whats the size of the idiot light sender?
>Cc: "914" <914@rennlist.org>
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>At 5:04 AM -0700 5/19/99, DAVID PATEMAN wrote:
>> Is the thread on the
>>switch a pipe thread? That would complicate adding an extension.
>
>	Yes, it's a pipe thread.  It does complicate the extension
>a bit, but the standard VDO adaptor kit deals with it pretty well.
>	The main problem is getting the hose in there tight enough
>while working through that little hole in the sheetmetal...  I have
>heard of people using a "distributor wrench", modifying box-end
>wrenches (cut off and weld on at a different angle), and lots of
>other methods.  I had *some* luck (but there still seemed to be some
>leakage) using a pair of needle-nose vise grips.  *That* was a day
>with lots of cussing in it...
>
>--DD
>

Dave Darling                                  74 914 2.0 (decapitated)
                      darling@simlab.arc.nasa.gov
                        "OFF WITH ITS HEADS!"


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