Re: (ET) A few concerns

[Kelly Williams <kelfy yahoo com>]

Harold's is definitely going to be my final choice - I
like it better than the auto disconnect, because it
includes the fusible link.  But I kinda got interested
in the original one.  I think it would be fun to see
if I could get it doing at least as good a job as it
did from the factory.  At the moment I have more time
than Elec-Trak-able cash.  :-)

Harold was kind enough to come down to look at the
pile of stuff here - 2 E10s, 2E12Ms, and some NOS but
rusty spare parts.  He thought it ought to be possible
to get an E12M running, so I've been picking away at
as much repair as I can do before calling on him
again.  He seems like a great guy. 

--- Steve & Carol Welch <welches dejazzd com> wrote:

> Harold Zimmerman (Clean Power) here in the
> Lancaster, PA area has  
> made up a new disconnect based on the heavy duty
> automotive type.  I  
> have been using one for a season or so with no
> issues to date.   
> Contact him at cleanpower "at" att dot net
> (obfustication here in  
> case he cares about spam...)  I don't know if he has
> them in stock,  
> but I'm sure he can set you up.  IMHO this would be
> a far better use  
> of your time.
> 
> Since you're local, you should look him up anyway,
> as he is a great  
> source for parts.
> 
> Steve
> Alltraxed E20
> 
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Kelly Williams wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone experimented with making the factory
> master
> > disconnect work as well as it can?  I've worked up
> a
> > fixture to help drive out the pin and disassemble
> the
> > unit, and I've made the disk nice and flat and
> shiny.
> > But how do you keep from getting just point
> contact on
> > the brass boltheads?  It seems like that's what
> you'd
> > have if the bolthead tops were new and rounded,
> and if
> > they were old and flattened (or freshly cleaned
> and
> > irregular), it would be hard to get all 3 surfaces
> on
> > the same plane.  Might it be possible to use some
> kind
> > of abrasive and "lap them in" to kind of average
> out
> > the mismatches and improve the contact area?
> >
> > Kelly Williams
> > Mount Joy, PA
> >
> > --- steves <ssawtelle erols com> wrote:
> >
> >> Sometimes the disconencts are hard to get set
> right.
> >> When it's on it
> >> won't flop around. You need to play with pushing
> it
> >> in and turning one
> >> way and the other 'till you find the step that
> holds
> >> it on.


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