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Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:44 pm
by lambrettalad
On my way home passing B'ham airport in monsoon rain ,when front windscreen started to mist up ,went to put the heater flap on screen .nothing will not budge from off ,any hints very welcome :(

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:50 pm
by samuria
i had that on one moggy .
it turned out the (hinges) had rusted quite badly
out with heater off with cover cleaned and greased
sorted :D

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:18 pm
by bmcecosse
Airport and flap - I assumed you were coming in to land ! :lol: I guess you know it has to be moved slightly sideways out of the parking slot before you can move the lever......but as above - it will just be stuck with rust/gunge. :(

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:04 pm
by lambrettalad
Thanks for that

just about to start looking,not looking forward as not as flexible as before

did you know that beer stops you bending in the middle :( :-?

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:34 pm
by lambrettalad
Fixed in 1 sec :D inserted finger in to flap picked this out ,I think it's genuine 1970 new old stock .2 inches long :wink:

feels like charcoal ,very light ,some type of grommet?[frame]Image[/frame]

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:02 pm
by ASL642
It's a bit of very old foam used to pack the rear of the heater - a museum piece! :lol:

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:21 pm
by lambrettalad
Hi Lou ,I'm putting it on ebay as I type :D

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 3:21 pm
by Matt
My advice was going to be to open the 1/4 light!

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 6:50 pm
by lee_rob
I had exactly the same thing fall out of my heater :-)

Re: Heading towards B'ham airport ..FLAP FAILS

Posted: Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:43 pm
by hanvyj
bmcecosse wrote:Airport and flap - I assumed you were coming in to land ! :lol: I guess you know it has to be moved slightly sideways out of the parking slot before you can move the lever......but as above - it will just be stuck with rust/gunge. :(
So did I!