Socket for dashboard bezel.

[68vitesse]

While refitting my Vitesse choke cable today, the twist lock had stopped locking, found that a 1in. flat drive socket was a very good fit for the bezel.

Socket not part of a set don't remember why or where I bought.

Regards

Paul.

 

[Mjit]

Ah, mystery sockets...  Got a box with a few of those in that I know I'd have had to buy for some specific job or other - but can no longer work out what or find bolts that need them!

[68vitesse]

To make things awkward the bezel for the main lighting switch is a different size.

Standard Lucas part?.

Regards

Paul

[Wagger]

That looks like a 'Metrinch' shaped socket, or for a Torx.

[68vitesse]

The master lighting switch bezel is smaller than the others but a modified twelve point 7/8 socket works, I just flattened six of the points with a die grinder.

Regards 

Paul

[Colin Lindsay]

Wonder if one of these would work?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multifunction-Faucet-Installer-Plumbing-Spanner/dp/B08BZN31HQ

[Chris Longhurst]

1 hour ago, Colin Lindsay said:

Wonder if one of these would work?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multifunction-Faucet-Installer-Plumbing-Spanner/dp/B08BZN31HQ

OK - I know I left school a long, long time ago..... but what the hell is a 'cattle' as a unit of force

"NOTE! ! ABS plastic can't replace the hardness of steel. It is recommended to use the appropriate force when working (maximum strength should not exceed 500 cattle)"

[Jeffds1360]

360 ft/lb is 500 Newton metres  but CATTLE???. One up on horses I suppose... must be Argentinean origin? Fray bentos?

Certainly will be frayed and bent being made of plastic !!

[68vitesse]

2 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:

Wonder if one of these would work?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Multifunction-Faucet-Installer-Plumbing-Spanner/dp/B08BZN31HQ

Don't see how as it would need to engage the slots in the bezel.

Regards

Paul

[Colin Lindsay]

9 minutes ago, 68vitesse said:

Don't see how as it would need to engage the slots in the bezel.

Regards

Paul

Some of the assorted heads do have projecting slots, which is what gave me the idea.... just a thought.

 

[Badwolf]

Cattle unit - Oh really!!!

https://www.answers.com/zoology/What_is_a_cattle_unit

[ahebron]

Looking at that link Badwolf posted a Cattle Unit is also called an Animal Unit or AU
AU is used as the internet code for Australia.
It is also a model of Ford Falcon built in Melbourne Australia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Falcon_(AU)#:~:text=The Ford Falcon (AU) is,the luxury-oriented model range.
Down the road in Port Melbourne was where the Australians assembled Triumphs at the Fishermans Bend plant
https://pocketozmelbourne.com.au/lost-fishermans-ami.html

AU is also the symbol for gold which has very little to do with any of my Triumphs

[68vitesse]

1 hour ago, ahebron said:

AU is also the symbol for gold which has very little to do with any of my Triumphs

Except for the money they extract from your wallet, currency being backed by gold.

Regards

Paul.

[Colin Lindsay]

2 hours ago, ahebron said:

AU is also the symbol for gold which has very little to do with any of my Triumphs

AU is actually pronounced AW.

Thus it is very relevant. 

"Aw ****. The battery's flat. Aw **** the brakes are seized..."

 

[Badwolf]

Aw.. it's a Triumph (what a shame!!)

[Chris A]

I've just been doing a bit of a search in the expectation I'll need to replace  the fan switch. I found several possible replacements and on this particular site they also suggested a bezel removal tool.

https://www.datch.fr/fr/mini-mg-triumph-cle-decrou-dinterrupteur-bascule-p-67996.html

 

[Colin Lindsay]

You can certainly buy tools for it, but that's not in the spirit of things. This one does them all except the one on the extreme right, which it marks and scrapes.

[Peter Truman]

I had a Falcon Fairmont AU in 2001 a 6 potter but it had all the extra’s I only kept them on average a year as the lease was 45,000 klm and I did more than that a year! Only problem was the central locking would switch on and off repeatedly on very hot days(37+) they changed from a Ford unit to Bosch and all fixed

[Pete Lewis]

i have a bezel tool but not much use now on the 2000  but prior  to all that just filled down a bit of copper tube  to leave two ears to locate the slots 

and hand nip or even get some grips on the tube

Pete

[Peter Truman]

Here are my special Bezel tools brought from a USA tool company off ebay 20 years ago, they are absolutely easy to use with no resulting damage, two different rose bevel sizes, as well as the two pin for starter switch.

[RogerH]

I make my own bezel tools.  Requires a bit of turning/drilling/Knurling & milling but end up with a nice tool

You could always use a round piece of wood.  Use small nails trimmed to size.  Easy.

 

Roger

[Colin Lindsay]

Got to be a market for running up some kind of removal tool on a 3D printer. Just needs to grip the indents in the 'rose' bezels without damage.

[Casper]

As said before - the difference between the pins on an angle grinder spanner and the rose indents is small.  A squeeze in the vice and the handle bent 90 degrees does it for me.  There is already a space for the switch to sit in. 

I don't do pics, otherwise I would show you mine.

C.

[Colin Lindsay]

1 hour ago, Casper said:

As said before

Yes, and as said before: I replaced mine with a set of pointy pliers with the points covered with masking tape to prevent damage. It works but there's got to be something better.

[daverclasper]

Just a point to mention, I used water pump?, plumbers?, adjustable on the pivot, wide jaw, pliers on an ignition bevel, with a bit of cloth to protect the chrome.

I was maybe a bit heavy handed, though it squeezed the bevel out of round a bit and wouldn't do up. Managed to carefully squeeze it back to round though and just did it up hand tight (though is now gradually shifting clockwise, especially if another person uses car).