• Hi Guest!
    You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.

    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

Repro trafficators are sealed?

AUSMHLY

Yoda
Country flag
Offline
I met a guy the other day who is restoring a BJ8.

He purchased 2 repro trafficators. I believe one was from moss.
Both have issues. Being I have worked on mine, I offered to give a look see.
He does not that the original trafficator.

Normally there would be 3 screws holding the back plate on. (photo below)
The reproduction ones he received are riveted.

Has anyone tried to open one of these riveted repros?
Where can he get a refurbished original, or reproduction that is not riveted?

I advised he try BCS in Stockton.

Cheers,
Roger
 
The one I bought from MOSS about a year ago had TWO screws, not 3 and not rivets. Note that one of the screws came loose and the parts inside started falling out. I finally had to take it apart and rix or replace parts. I think if it would have had rivets or 3 screws, I would not have had the problem. I internals are essentially the same as the original trafficator.

Jerry
 
AUSMHLY said:
I met a guy the other day who is restoring a BJ8.

He purchased 2 repro trafficators. I believe one was from moss.
Both have issues. Being I have worked on mine, I offered to give a look see.
He does not that the original trafficator.

Normally there would be 3 screws holding the back plate on. (photo below)
The reproduction ones he received are riveted.

Has anyone tried to open one of these riveted repros?
Where can he get a refurbished original, or reproduction that is not riveted?

I advised he try BCS in Stockton.

Cheers,
Roger

What are the issues? Maybe the problem isn't the trafficators.
 
Hi Roger, E-Bay can be a source of a good used one at times.--Keoke
 
Back
Top