I broke my signal light lever!!!

[Nick]

I dont know what happened, either it was falling apart aleady and i didn't realize it, or I'm stronger than I think. I just pushed it down to signal right and the lever just snapped down. I opened up the section behind the steering wheel to see what I could do. It snapped right at the base of where the lever starts coming out. First thing that came into mind was "maybe some JB weld???" I dont know, any ideas?

[Mike Self]

is hollow and you can pin it with a properly sized nail with the head cut off--and some JB weld.

Be advised when seearching for a replacement that there are several different turn signal lever assys, depending on the year of your car....Roundies use two different ones--pre-mid '72 (no wiper switch incorporated) and the 72-73 lever that incorporates the wiper on/off switch. And I think the 72 and 73 switches use a different wiring setup.

74-76 turn signal levers are on the left side and are quite different from the roundies, as they incorporate the low/high beam switch.

cheers

mike

[Nick]

it's a 72 with wiper switch. It is hollow, but its right at the base, so i dont have alot of room for a nail. DAMN!!! is this assembly still available somewhere? probably $$$ too!

[TobyB]

So then sleeve over it with something just a bit bigger-

if you can find stainless tubing or whatnot it will

be much stronger...

hth,

t

[alp]

oh god! just buy a new one!! must you all act like bloody MacGyver's!!

[TobyB]

yes!

It's more fun.

t

[quinnfiske]

I just replaced my turn signal switch on my 1975. It was available as a Mobile Traditions part and cost a little more that $100.