[Farmall] More M electrical problems

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Fri Nov 3 04:38:47 PST 2006


I was going to write the same thing about Styrene melting. While I hate 
to spend any money I don't absolutely have to, I really think you would 
be better off in the long run by just replacing the switch.

Mike

Thomas O. Mehrkam wrote:
> I would worry about the plastic melting.
> 
> Those switches can generate some heat.
> 
> Dean Vinson wrote:
> 
>>> If you can't find plastic of the right thickness, you can try using 
>>> heavy card stock.   
>>
>>
>> Carl, that's what the original insulation looks like.  It's still in good
>> shape around the upper post, the one that hadn't moved, but it was all
>> frazzled and chewed and torn around the lower one.
>>
>> I had some styrene plastic sheet of about the right thickness left 
>> over from
>> some model-making I was doing a couple of years ago, so I put together a
>> little insulator to replace the part that had been all chewed up.  I 
>> haven't
>> put it back on the tractor and tested it yet but I'm sure it'll work--too
>> simple not to.
>>
>> Pictures are at http://www.vinsonfarm.net/M_switch.html.
>>
>> Dean Vinson

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