Removing headlight switch knob

linearaudio · Post by **linearaudio** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:27 pm

Is there a trick to removing the knob on the old style push/pull headlight switch? I seem to recall failing to do so on similar switches in the past. The button which I beleive you are meant to push in to release the knob doesn't feel as though it is going to play the game, but I need to remove/dismantle/replace the switch as the sidelight function is a bit sporadic, and MOT time is approaching!

Post by **cadetchris** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:57 pm

from experience with my wolseleys, the push/pull switches where held on my a clip inside, which could disengaged by pushing a very thin screwdriver through a hole in the bottom of the actual knob and then pulling.
not 100% if its the same for morris's, but the switches essentially came from the same bin in the factory, so it might work

Post by **Mick_Anik** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:32 am

Sounds like it's stuck. So, you know the game......fiddle on until either it comes off or exasperation sets in. I had to break one off as a last resort, but Bakelite glues back together nicely - you'd never know it had been broken.

Try turning it so the little hole is at the top, and dose it with penetrating fluid and stick needles and things in to scratch around.

Pre-last resort.....get a length of 2x1 wood and rig it up as in the latest of a series of increasingly-primitive diagrams. With the Bakelite supported, you can judiciously tap around on the spring-loaded release pin, maybe to some effect.
Don't forget to concentrate as you go, using your brain's alpha waves to will it off! Usually works.

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linearaudio · Post by **linearaudio** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:17 am

Judiciously......tap....
Reckon I'll have to downsize a few sizes on my usual hammer choice. Like the turny round bit-sounds the way forward.
Back to school next week, then I can get back to alpha waves etc without the constant input of naggling 11 year old girls!

Post by **Mick_Anik** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:49 pm

Sorry, I forgot to put this point in.....I don't know if the hole for the switch has a 'flat' in it, ie it's not a fully-circular opening.....which is why I wrote "try".
If the switch turns a little and then stops, it probably has a hole with a flat. You would have to decide if it's worth the risk of forcing it.

Perhaps another member could shed some light on this. Mine has a fully-rounded hole, but it doesn't look original...signs of someone having made it larger in the past, for some reason.