At 01:20 PM 4/15/2010, Old Volks Home wrote: >for requiring an almost impossible-to-find (at the time) deep socket >for the damn thing. I now have the socket and a new auto >switch. I'll get to it sometime soon :) IIRC I used an enormous "Crescent" wrench (2 3/16 opening x 18 long, cost $13 new, good-to-very good quality Chinese) for that last spring. High speed worked, low speed didn't. Took the baddie apart, clever design, good coin-silver contacts, random bit of rubbish got between the low-speed contacts. > >BTW, when the auto fan switch went out I was in stop and go traffic >in Sevierville, TN and what saved my butt from overheating was to >open & crank up the heater fans fore and aft until I could get to a >spot to work on the modification. That quick action brought that >needle down enough to breathe easy. Did both speeds fail? That's interesting -- I don't suppose you have the dead one still lying around? I'd pay shipping... Yrs, d |
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