RE: (ET) Re: E16 speed selector repair

["Hazen, Dwight L" <hazen indiana edu>]

It was me.

I used paraffin, the kind you use to seal jars when canning. It's cheap
and works on a lot of different things. I use it on my sail boats all
the time. 

Clean the plastic on any dirt or oil, and then rub the paraffin on the
disk where the switches rub the disk. 

  Dwight 

Dwight L. Hazen, Indiana University, UITS 
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-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu] On Behalf Of Dave &
Debbie Barden
Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 12:52 PM
To: mr23 mn rr com; elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: Re: (ET) Re: E16 speed selector repair

do a search on parafin.  I recall the poster saying he used parafin to 
lubricate the micro-switches.  At the time I thought he was talking
parafin wax 
but since thought it must've been oil.  

>  While out sweeping leaves today, the throttle selector
>  became suddenly sloppy, then failed completely.
>  
>  Turns out the selector handle/rod attaches to the speed
>  selector via a split roll pin. The pin sheared, probably
>  fatigued, but probably aggravated by the action of the
>  rotating disk being a bit stiff.  Probably gunked up a bit.
>  
>  Sunday I'm going to disassemble and clean the unit.
>  I recall that at least someone on this list has done this
>  before.  I searched the archives, but found articles only
>  on the foot control - this is the dash control.
>  
>  Any advice?
>  
>  Thanks,
>  Chris
>  
> 
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