[DeTomaso] Turn signal cancel cam (steering column)

Thu Jul 19 14:17:05 EDT 2018

Dear Charlie,

             Your forthright and candid description of your accidental 
turn signal repair reminds me of some of my own repair jobs at 
PRI----they accidentally worked and I was not sure why!  In any event, 
it was successful, so keep wrenching.

                  Warmest regards, Chuck Engles

On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Charles McCall wrote:

> It must be a common problem since I had the same issue a few years ago 
> but fixed it. The good news is that it can probably be fixed without 
> buying new parts. The bad news is that I don't know how I fixed it.
> It began happening after opening up the steering column. I don't 
> remember why I did it now, but there you go... I lived with it for 2-3 
> years, where I'd have to hold the lever up or down for the turn 
> signals to work. I disassembled the steering column again, and by 
> chance it now worked properly in one direction but not the other. So I 
> disassembled it once again and, looking at things, more or less 
> figured out how to position the cam, and I've had happiness ever 
> since. If you are bored, take the cover off the steering column and 
> wiggle things around to see how it all works?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On 
> Behalf Of Himes, Terry (397C)
> Sent: jueves, 19 de julio de 2018 18:15
> To: Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net>; Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com>
> Cc: detomaso <detomaso at detomasolist.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Turn signal cancel cam (steering column)
>
> Let us know the fix.  I have the SAME problem.
>
> Terry
>
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>  On 7/19/18, 2:31 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Curt Hall" 
> <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of 
> cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>     Mike...
>     Well lets see, turn right things works as it should, turn left, 
> the lever will not stay in the down position I need to hold it down!
>     Sounds like I need to talk with SoCal Bill Taylor!
>     Thanks for everyone's adviseCurt                On Wednesday, July 
> 18, 2018 9:59 PM, Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
>               Curt,
>         You contradict yourself. If it does not stay in the down 
> position to the left, then it is cancelling as soon as you let go. If 
> it is not cancelling to the left, then it is staying down. Which is 
> it?
>         Bill Taylor is the go-to guy to fix it, but he can’t fix a 
> problem unless you can accurately describe it. :)
>         Mike
>         Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Jul 18, 2018, at 20:16, Curt Hall <cuvee at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Having a having a similar problem my turn signal.  Works to the 
>> right
>>  and cancels to the right but will not stay in the down position to 
>> the
>>  left and does not cancel wonder if I have the same problem as you?
>>
>>  [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>>
>>  On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Jim Kosloskey
>>  <jim.kosloskey at jim-kosloskey.com> wrote:
>>
>>  OK - just located the cam on the wrong side of the steering column.
>>  So at this point I don't need one.
>>  Jim Kosloskey
>>  -----Original Message-----
>>  From: DeTomaso [mailto:[2]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] 
>> On
>>  Behalf
>>  Of Jim Kosloskey
>>  Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 2:01 PM
>>  To: 'detomaso' <[3]detomaso at detomasolist.com>
>>  Subject: [DeTomaso] Turn signal cancel cam (steering column)
>>  All,
>>  Turn Signal is not cancelling.
>>  Checking the steering shaft, there is no cam on the shaft (I guess 
>> that
>>  explains that). I don't know if it was left off when the car was
>>  restored or
>>  just was not there when they received the car.
>>  Anyway, is there a vendor that sells these? I think there is 
>> supposed
>>  to be
>>  a spring somewhere in that assembly as well that the steering wheel
>>  pushes
>>  against to hold the cam down so that it engages the turn signal 
>> tabs.
>>  Thanks,
>>  Jim Kosloskey #6949 '74 L Pantera
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