[DeTomaso] ZF Reverse switch nuts
Mike Drew
mikeldrew at aol.com
Sun Jun 30 19:57:35 EDT 2024
Jeff,
Hah! Brilliant solution to add JB Weld or Loctite to the mix.
Thanks again Jeff!
Mike
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> On Jun 30, 2024, at 16:49, Jeff Cobb via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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> Oh well Mike,
> I guess too much hot spicy Coon Ass boudin and cold beer this afternoon allowed me to not check my typing.
> Threadserts or riv stainless steel nuts pre wet with red Loctite or JB Weld then followed up careful grinding will work and not seep oil.
> Jeff
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> Sent from my brain.
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>> On Jun 30, 2024, at 6:33 PM, Mike Drew <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Jeff,
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>> Google doesn’t know what a ‘thread seat’ is, except for stitching on a seat.
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>> Do you mean nutserts, also known as rivnuts?
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>> That sounds like the superior solution to me, far better than a helicoil. One would have to be sure they didn’t interfere with the movement of the linkage but I think there is enough room.
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>> Unless these mystical thread seats are some third solution?
>>
>> Mike
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Jun 30, 2024, at 16:19, Jeff Cobb via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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>>> Thread seats are levels more secure than helicoils.
>>> Jeff Cobb
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>>> Sent from my brain.
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>>>>> On Jun 30, 2024, at 6:15 PM, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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>>>> Ken,
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>>>> Very strange. I assume somebody removed material for some weird reason?
>>>>
>>>> I do like the Nutsert idea. That sounds like the most optimal solution.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>>>> On Jun 30, 2024, at 14:51, Ken Green <kenn_green at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Here is a photo, I assume someone removed some metal for an unknown reason:
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>>>>>> On Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 11:28:16 PM PDT, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Ken,
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>>>>> The cover metal is generally thin but there is a slightly thicker boss in which the threads for the reverse light switch are cut. I don’t have much helicoil experience but I think it could respond well to that treatment?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
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>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2024, at 19:15, Ken Green via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> Some time in the past 50 years someone stripped or? the threads. I found this:
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>>>>>> https://www.amazon.com/Sealey-10mm-Replacement-Inserts-VS311/dp/B0074IJWYQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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>>>>>> for restoring diesel glow plug 10m-1.0 threads and outside threads appear to be M12. I don't know why, but the metal the switch threads into is really thin, probably too thin to tap. I think I could use the glow plug insert with a thin M12 nut on the inside?
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>>>>>> Ken
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>>>>>>> On Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 03:12:12 PM PDT, Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:
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>>>>>> However sometimes people get too rambunctious and strip out the hole. The switch is supposed to thread into the hole and be secured with the single nut. If the hole is stripped the switch can just fall out. That then requires creativity and a thin nut on the inside to hold it.
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>>>>>> Mike
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>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2024, at 07:38, Larry Stock <larrys at panteraparts.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>> The housing is threaded so just one jam nut is required to adjust
>>>>>>> Larry
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/28/24, 10:12 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Ken Green via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com <mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> on behalf of detomaso at server.detomasolist.com <mailto:detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>> wrote:
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>>>>>>> Are there 2 thin nuts that sandwich the housing or just one that tightens the switch body against the housing?
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ken
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