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General Category => RUMCar Mart => Topic started by: super-se7en (Malc Dudley) on February 22, 2012, 11:19:03 AM
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Has anyone got a spare wipac headlamp switch (the one with 2 holes and a knob that is symetrical ) that was fitted to the mk 1 scootacar and the frisky sport.
If anyone wants to sell,barter or tell me where i might get one i would be greatfull.
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Isnt that the same or very much like the one used on a BSA Bantam D1?
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Its the same but completely different. The differences are-- 2 fixing holes through body, no tail on the knob and lots of staight pins on the back.There must be one in someones toolbox.
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Some D1 bantams had the symetrical knob with tubular pins to the rear, for accuracy you could paint or remold the knob white, I've been searching for a genuine white knob for years but to no prevail. These switches (black knob) turn up quite frequently on eBay or Beaulieu for around £20.
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Walked in to vale onslows (birmingham) today and bought the last new one over the counter. Came away chuffed.
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wow!! That was jammy!!
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Its Jammy to be chuffed?
Translation please to American English if possible.
p.s While were on the subject- anybody have a Nobel headlamp switch? I rebuilt mine, but the headlamps tend to flicker or dim when I go over bumps unless I regularly push/pull the switch shaft out to a slightly different lengths to keep its contacts in their sweet spot.
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That was jammy!!
Especially if it's a white one!
I regularly push/pull the switch shaft out to a slightly different lengths to keep its contacts in their sweet spot.
Sounds like you don't have the correct switch, it's supposed to be a simple Lucas on/off flick switch.
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Its Jammy to be chuffed?
Translation please to American English if possible.
p.s While were on the subject- anybody have a Nobel headlamp switch? I rebuilt mine, but the headlamps tend to flicker or dim when I go over bumps unless I regularly push/pull the switch shaft out to a slightly different lengths to keep its contacts in their sweet spot.
Jammy is lucky or fortunate. To have a crust is good , to have jam on it is a bonus! [I think in the rebel colonies you call jam jello] Chuffed is feeling quite pleased with ones self.
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Its Jammy to be chuffed?
Translation please to American English if possible.
p.s While were on the subject- anybody have a Nobel headlamp switch? I rebuilt mine, but the headlamps tend to flicker or dim when I go over bumps unless I regularly push/pull the switch shaft out to a slightly different lengths to keep its contacts in their sweet spot.
Jammy is lucky or fortunate. To have a crust is good , to have jam on it is a bonus! [I think in the rebel colonies you call jam jello] Chuffed is feeling quite pleased with ones self.
No, Jello is English Jelly, and Yankee Jelly is Jam. But then one or the other Jam/jelly in American has seeds, the other not. Which is which is too confusing.
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Ok, lets start again.
Superseven, Wow! Thats was Jelly!! Seeds or no seeds!
Errr, that just doesnt work for us!
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Seeds? I thought they were called pips in the UK
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True Rob but they also have pips in the USA, Gladys Knight and the Pips is a case in point! :D :D :D
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Its Jammy to be chuffed?
Translation please to American English if possible.
p.s While were on the subject- anybody have a Nobel headlamp switch? I rebuilt mine, but the headlamps tend to flicker or dim when I go over bumps unless I regularly push/pull the switch shaft out to a slightly different lengths to keep its contacts in their sweet spot.
Here
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lucas-35583D-toggle-switch-fit-many-British-classics-/120860258729?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1c23d531a9#ht_500wt_1413
Unless you are talking about the dip switch?
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not really my province jonathan but that ad says it's a flasher/horn switch i.e. immediate return switch therefore not suitable for turning lights on - only for flashing them unless its spring is playing up.
there are plenty of new 2 and 3 position lucas toggle switches on ebay though
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not really my province jonathan but that ad says it's a flasher/horn switch i.e. immediate return switch therefore not suitable for turning lights on - only for flashing them unless its spring is playing up.
there are plenty of new 2 and 3 position lucas toggle switches on ebay though
Woops, didnt read the description, I just quickyl looked at the pic"
Yes, it shouldnt flick back.
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I am listening but cannot explain why after what you are telling me, one of my Nobels has a white 3 position pull switch that shows every sign of being original to the car. The other Nobel also has a 3 position push pull light switch, but is an obvious replacement by virtue of it its textured bumpy chrome over plastic knob.
As far as the English English- it seems that some of your more colorful idiosyncratic expressions may arise from much time spent talking over tea and crusty things with sticky, wiggly and sometimes seedy stuff on the side.
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Dear Steve
You must come over this summer and learn some more idiosyncratic English expressions.
Chris Thomas
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That sounds like a tempting proposition. Especially if it could be timed to coincide with an event featuring your largest gathering of Micros.
Any suggestions? I've heard something about an annual National Microcar meet. Would that be the one to go to if you could only go to one?
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I was told it was the dockside, Southampton, next Thursday.
There is a date list posted on the site and a KaRoScene. Needs slight update but one assumes the largest event will be the National over in sunny hinterland of Great Yarmouth. Interesting railway route available too.
I thought Nobel had the same pull switches as Goggo, though there is an English copy, as Berkeley, so maybe its those.