Need help to disassemble vacuum relay
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Need help to disassemble vacuum relay
Hi! Have someone an idea how i can disassemble a wiper door (same as headlight) actuator relay? Mine is leaking. Have the original one at my car and do not like the idea to change it to a reproduction.
Thanks, Peter
Thanks, Peter
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Diagonal cutters w/ one side insulated will open fast.
RTV will restore.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...of-vacuum.html
slk230red asked for more info. & did a great job of opening it.
RTV will restore.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...of-vacuum.html
slk230red asked for more info. & did a great job of opening it.
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Thanks again for help!!!! :-)
Aktbird: good idea, the control port of mine hold vacuum so i will try to pull out the spool.
Think it is not easy to get the cap off the relay without damage.
toddalin: thanks, hope i do not need it but by the way: how is the condition and the price? Are these the 1969-1971 ones?
Alan: have the mail...tell me if you need it one day
Thanks,
Peter
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Aktbird: good idea, the control port of mine hold vacuum so i will try to pull out the spool.
Think it is not easy to get the cap off the relay without damage.
toddalin: thanks, hope i do not need it but by the way: how is the condition and the price? Are these the 1969-1971 ones?
Alan: have the mail...tell me if you need it one day
Thanks,
Peter
http://members.inode.at/587867/
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Thanks again for help!!!! :-)
Aktbird: good idea, the control port of mine hold vacuum so i will try to pull out the spool.
Think it is not easy to get the cap off the relay without damage.
toddalin: thanks, hope i do not need it but by the way: how is the condition and the price? Are these the 1969-1971 ones?
Alan: have the mail...tell me if you need it one day
Thanks,
Peter
http://members.inode.at/587867/
Aktbird: good idea, the control port of mine hold vacuum so i will try to pull out the spool.
Think it is not easy to get the cap off the relay without damage.
toddalin: thanks, hope i do not need it but by the way: how is the condition and the price? Are these the 1969-1971 ones?
Alan: have the mail...tell me if you need it one day
Thanks,
Peter
http://members.inode.at/587867/
Yes they are the "two finger" '69-'71 model and they are the two that were removed from headlights of my first day production '70 (#131). Because NCRS could not see the tops on these, I put on the later model and socked these away for a "rainy day."
They operated fine when I pulled them off the car ~15 years ago. The cad shows some "blackened" spots and the "foams" are missing.
I would like $200/pr realizing that Zip charges $125 each for the later, incorrect versions. But I am open to reasonable offers.
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Diagonal cutters w/ one side insulated will open fast.
RTV will restore.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...of-vacuum.html
slk230red asked for more info. & did a great job of opening it.
RTV will restore.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...of-vacuum.html
slk230red asked for more info. & did a great job of opening it.
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With Ganey's help, I was able to restore my vacuum relays in July of 2007. They're still working.
Here's my experience:
Un-crimp, remove plunger, clean rubber stem with alcohol, apply a "thin" film of Black RTV to both ends, let dry, apply a little Vaseline, re-install plunger, spring and cap, and re-crimp.
Here's my experience:
Un-crimp, remove plunger, clean rubber stem with alcohol, apply a "thin" film of Black RTV to both ends, let dry, apply a little Vaseline, re-install plunger, spring and cap, and re-crimp.
