Stop in for a cup of coffee
Today's little project was installing a replacement socket in the waggoneer's dash.
Unfortunately, the contacts didn't touch the board well enough to light it up unless I pressed on it.
However i did find the original - with a couple broken ears (which is why it didn't work at all).
Seemed like the best thing to do was transfering the old contacts to the new holder.
Old ones had to be punched out after cutting the bottom of the shell. New ones just pulled out. Figures.
Turns out they are different depth. Argh. Always something.
I have some plastic epoxies which would make a good filler, but they are down at the garage.
Tommorow...
Today's little project was installing a replacement socket in the waggoneer's dash.
Unfortunately, the contacts didn't touch the board well enough to light it up unless I pressed on it.
However i did find the original - with a couple broken ears (which is why it didn't work at all).
Seemed like the best thing to do was transfering the old contacts to the new holder.
Old ones had to be punched out after cutting the bottom of the shell. New ones just pulled out. Figures.
Turns out they are different depth. Argh. Always something.
I have some plastic epoxies which would make a good filler, but they are down at the garage.
Tommorow...