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Ian Fozzard wrote: > Paul, there are two reasons that I can see which would cause a faulty > operation: a mechanical fault with the switchgear; or an electrical fault > with the continuity. > > What I would do is jack the front up under the suspension unit so that both > wheels are off the ground an...

Did you look on Ebay?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw= ... eName=GSTL

There's a couple of single 15" wires on this link.

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So, as mentioned in my earlier post, we had a bit of a devil of a job to get the cowl to "re fit" over the new indicator stalk, or more accurately it's wiring. Finally got around to testing the operation of the self cancelling today and guess what.... It's not properly working! The stalk n...

Charles Farran wrote: > Hi , > I fully carpetted my roadster & obtained the set from PJM MOTORS. Good > result which only took me 2 or 3 hours. The black chose matches the cabin > on my roadster. Stops any ratlling of items in the boot as well. They have > a web site & are helpful on the pho...

Ian Fozzard wrote:
> That sounds typical Paul. I had that struggle with mine,
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> Ian F


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Always good to see photo's, paricularly older ones. Thanks for sharing 👍

Update, after a fair amount of fiddling, a few swear words and the odd grunt......... the cowl is fitted. Can't take the credit as a pal stepped in and managed to sort it. So, it seems the wiring on the replacement stalks is not as neatly trimmed, and needs to be pushed and pulled into place to enab...

Paul Hollingworth wrote:
> Indicators not self cancelling - They all do that Sir.
> I've got a new Chinese Lucas stalk and the b*gger still doesn't self
> cancel. Cam is catching the plastic arms too but they just don't seem stiff
> enough to flick it off (Ooh 'Er Missus)

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Ian Fozzard wrote: > Paul, there are a few variables that allow adjustment which might make > things tricky. > > One fixed point (I think) is the locating groove for the unit? Have you > got the unit into that slot? > > The stalk should be approximately horizontal at 3 o'clock. if it isn't the > out...

So, I bought a new stalk. Mine has the horn in the centre of the steering wheel, so I ordered the "no horn" version. Stripped out the old one easily enough, and popped the new one in easy peasy. But although the new one fits and appears to work ok, ie it now self cancels, I simply can't ge...