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Mail From: Steve Semeraro <(email redacted)>

My turn signal has been going down hill for quite a while because of
wear on the plastic piece. This summer I picked up a Hilman turn signal
at a flea market. It was cheaper than the repair kits and looked the
same. It even has the headlight flash feature. The only problem is
that the mounting bracket is made for a steering column with a smaller
diameter than my Series V. I couldn't figure out how to separate the
bracket from the rest of the unit or how I could attach it to my old
bracket. But, I figure that there must be a way, because isn't the
repair kit just a new plastic piece? I guess I could cut out the
bracket with a hack saw or something, but I bet there's an easier way.
Has anyone dealt with this? Many thanks in advance.

Steve Semeraro
Series V Alpine
1968 Marcos GT

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Mail From: Jay Laifman <(email redacted)>

Steve writes:

"I couldn't figure out how to separate the bracket from the rest of the
unit or how I could attach it to my old bracket. But, I figure that there
must be a way, because isn't the repair kit just a new plastic piece? I
guess I could cut out the bracket with a hack saw or something, but I bet
there's an easier way. Has anyone dealt with this? Many thanks in
advance."
***** NOTES from Jay Laifman (JLAIFMAN @ PNM) at 10/15/96 3:04p
Although Steve asks about the whole bracket, I only know about the
plastic piece: I put a new plastic kit in my turnsignal. What I did,
right or wrong, was to drill off the head of the rivet, pull off the old
broken piece, put on the new one, and run a small head bolt (cut to just
the right length) through the hole created when I drilled off the top, and
attached a small nut at the other end with Lock-tite. The head of the
bolt and the nut do not seem to interfere with anything and it has been
working fine. I think the correct method was to use the new post in the
kit and use a rivet-type expanding tool to put it on. Since I didn't
have one, I made due as above.

Jay Laifman