mrtask
Well-Known Member
Thanks for your vote of confidence in my limited knowledge and abilities, Ron!
The end of the switch has to be conical to form a seal, right?
It also eventually occurred to me, the union that I'm screwing the brake switch into is made of brass, right? Therefore the softer thread in it couldn't mash up a harder steel thread like the switch in question, surely?
I realise that both Demetris and Mark Cobraboy DID try to warn me that new parts are often unsatisfactory.
Anyway, I'll be removing the link I posted earlier in this thread, to the vendor who sold me the shonky part, because they now won't refund me or send me a replacement unless I prove that I am a certified mechanic. Grrrr! I shan't be buying anything from autodoc again.
I didn't mention before just how much fun I had been having on my first failed attempt, forced to use an adjustable wrench because my set of stubby spanners stops at 19mm! There's simply no room to turn it more than a small fraction, requiring much faffing about, turning the too-long-for-the space-available wrench first one way, then the other, all whilst avoiding many and various wires and hoses and hard brake lines.
I was about to leap from my upper window in sheer frustration at the internet singularly failing to serve me a link to a vendor offering a single 22mm open end short spanner. I could only find them as part of sets, which of course would duplicate the spanners I already own. All this after having already toured the various local actual physical tool supply shops, all staffed by youngsters who didn't know what a spanner even is.
At that very moment my next door neighbour, with whom I had been chatting (okay, moaning!) about my car troubles yesterday, rang my door bell and presented me with a nicely modified 22mm open/ring combo spanner, which he had already thoughtfully cut in half, having bevelled and smoothed both edges to prevent injury. Top bloke! My faith in humanity is restored. His tool gift really made my day. Thanks Mark!
I've ordered another replacement switch, from a different supplier this time, and we'll see what happens on my next attempt.
This has become a right old saga!
The end of the switch has to be conical to form a seal, right?
It also eventually occurred to me, the union that I'm screwing the brake switch into is made of brass, right? Therefore the softer thread in it couldn't mash up a harder steel thread like the switch in question, surely?
I realise that both Demetris and Mark Cobraboy DID try to warn me that new parts are often unsatisfactory.
Anyway, I'll be removing the link I posted earlier in this thread, to the vendor who sold me the shonky part, because they now won't refund me or send me a replacement unless I prove that I am a certified mechanic. Grrrr! I shan't be buying anything from autodoc again.
I didn't mention before just how much fun I had been having on my first failed attempt, forced to use an adjustable wrench because my set of stubby spanners stops at 19mm! There's simply no room to turn it more than a small fraction, requiring much faffing about, turning the too-long-for-the space-available wrench first one way, then the other, all whilst avoiding many and various wires and hoses and hard brake lines.
I was about to leap from my upper window in sheer frustration at the internet singularly failing to serve me a link to a vendor offering a single 22mm open end short spanner. I could only find them as part of sets, which of course would duplicate the spanners I already own. All this after having already toured the various local actual physical tool supply shops, all staffed by youngsters who didn't know what a spanner even is.
At that very moment my next door neighbour, with whom I had been chatting (okay, moaning!) about my car troubles yesterday, rang my door bell and presented me with a nicely modified 22mm open/ring combo spanner, which he had already thoughtfully cut in half, having bevelled and smoothed both edges to prevent injury. Top bloke! My faith in humanity is restored. His tool gift really made my day. Thanks Mark!
I've ordered another replacement switch, from a different supplier this time, and we'll see what happens on my next attempt.
This has become a right old saga!