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I sent my trafficator/horn assembly off to Curt Arndt for refurbishing and got it back in great condition. However I am having difficulty in reinstalling it:
1. As shown in the pic I fed the wires down the stator tube and am ready to attach the trafficator assembly which is done via three #4BA flat head machine screws that go through the countersunk holes in the stator tube end plate and pick up the thin copper or brass piece which resembles a spring washer. Because of the piece's thinness there is really only one thread of engagement and whenever I attempt to push the head/tube home into its final position I invariably dislodge one of the screws from the head. Am I doing something wrong here or am I simply being ham-handed?
2. Is there a trick to getting the olive over the end of the stator tube as I cannot get it started and before I start exerting force I thought I would enquire whether it needs to be heated, etc. Getting the old one off was not easy and i would up having to cut it with a dremel tool. It is possible that I have slightly buggered the end of the stator tube and wonder if perhaps I need to dress the end, chamfering it a bit?
Any help will be appreciated--weather is beginning to cool off and I would like to get the car back on the road.
1. As shown in the pic I fed the wires down the stator tube and am ready to attach the trafficator assembly which is done via three #4BA flat head machine screws that go through the countersunk holes in the stator tube end plate and pick up the thin copper or brass piece which resembles a spring washer. Because of the piece's thinness there is really only one thread of engagement and whenever I attempt to push the head/tube home into its final position I invariably dislodge one of the screws from the head. Am I doing something wrong here or am I simply being ham-handed?
2. Is there a trick to getting the olive over the end of the stator tube as I cannot get it started and before I start exerting force I thought I would enquire whether it needs to be heated, etc. Getting the old one off was not easy and i would up having to cut it with a dremel tool. It is possible that I have slightly buggered the end of the stator tube and wonder if perhaps I need to dress the end, chamfering it a bit?
Any help will be appreciated--weather is beginning to cool off and I would like to get the car back on the road.