| Fuel Selector switch [message #286378] |
Tue, 01 September 2015 17:37  |
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cbwoodsr
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Anybody have one?
My guage is pegged full ALL the time and even if I meter the switch connections, none of them are 'hooked' together when selecting the switch. (2 browns to the white? with black stripes)
CBWood
77 Kingslay
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| Re: Fuel Selector switch [message #286401 is a reply to message #286396] |
Wed, 02 September 2015 01:21  |
Ken Burton
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Take the switch apart.
Clean it.
Shine the contacts with a pencil eraser.
Reassemble it with a little lube.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Selector switch [message #286416 is a reply to message #286411] |
Wed, 02 September 2015 08:53 |
powerjon
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Pete,
I would use just a very small dab of Dielectric Grease on the moving parts inside the switch. More is NOT better! Most of the chain Autoparts stores carry it.
This would be enough to grease 50 switches. I use the stuff on all electrical connections, bulbs, and etc. I get the large size for what I use it for.
And There is a pressurized can available too.
You can also use CRC 2-26 Multi-Purpose Lubricant instead of the grease.
As for cleaning the switches and other elctrical items I have used CRC Lectric Clean.
And to clean Switch and relay contacts and variable resistors I have used this. You can get it online or Radio Shack also carries it.
and
JR Wright
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GMC Eastern States
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GMCMHI
78 GMC Buskirk 30’ Stretch
1975 GMC Avion (Under Reconstruction)
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> On Sep 2, 2015, at 8:49 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
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> Ken Burton wrote on Wed, 02 September 2015 02:21
>> Take the switch apart.
>> Clean it.
>> Shine the contacts with a pencil eraser.
>> Reassemble it with a little lube.
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> What kind of lube?
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> Pete
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> perhaps a 1978 Kingsley....
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Selector switch [message #286419 is a reply to message #286416] |
Wed, 02 September 2015 09:22 |
Ken Burton
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powerjon wrote on Wed, 02 September 2015 08:53Pete,
I would use just a very small dab of Dielectric Grease on the moving parts inside the switch. More is NOT better! Most of the chain Autoparts stores carry it.
This would be enough to grease 50 switches. I use the stuff on all electrical connections, bulbs, and etc. I get the large size for what I use it for.
And There is a pressurized can available too.
You can also use CRC 2-26 Multi-Purpose Lubricant instead of the grease.
As for cleaning the switches and other elctrical items I have used CRC Lectric Clean.
And to clean Switch and relay contacts and variable resistors I have used this. You can get it online or Radio Shack also carries it.
and
JR Wright
GMC Great Laker MHC
GMCGL Tech Editor
GMC Eastern States
GMCGL Tech Editor
GMCMHI
78 GMC Buskirk 30' Stretch
1975 GMC Avion (Under Reconstruction)
Michigan
> On Sep 2, 2015, at 8:49 AM, Pete Smith wrote:
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> Ken Burton wrote on Wed, 02 September 2015 02:21
>> Take the switch apart.
>> Clean it.
>> Shine the contacts with a pencil eraser.
>> Reassemble it with a little lube.
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> What kind of lube?
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> Pete
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> Cary, NC
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> No Coach yet but decided it will be wet bath with Sully or 4 bag system.
> perhaps a 1978 Kingsley....
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Those are all good suggestions. I use a tube of silicon grease I have around here. This is the same stuff that you use for mounting the module in an HEI distributor. You really want something thin but not too thin like mobil one grease that will run / melt away.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Selector switch [message #286440 is a reply to message #286378] |
Wed, 02 September 2015 16:25 |
Bruce Hart
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I have a spare switch if it comes down to where you need one.
On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Charles Wood wrote:
> Anybody have one?
> My guage is pegged full ALL the time and even if I meter the switch
> connections, none of them are 'hooked' together when selecting the switch.
> (2
> browns to the white? with black stripes)
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> CBWood
> 77 Kingslay
> MWC OK
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> www.GMCMHParts.com
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1977 28' Kingsley
La Grange, Wyoming
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| Re: [GMCnet] Fuel Selector switch [message #287360 is a reply to message #286441] |
Wed, 16 September 2015 06:33 |
Jim at the Co-op
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Taking t apart and cleaning up the points will surly fix that, you could
flip the switch back and forth 20 times or so and it may start passing... I
mean if you just wanna get it working for the day. Doing it right though is
always preferred
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 5:46 PM, A. wrote:
> Bruce Hart wrote on Wed, 02 September 2015 16:25
>> I have a spare switch if it comes down to where you need one.
> Could you take a few pictures of the switch and the socket and post them
> to the photo site? I would like to see the socket and the connector side of
> the switch.
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