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get on it! they keep creeping up in price plus the OEM stuff goes up 20% per year!

Yeah, these things are a blast with some high temp pads and compounds! I'll have to link to some videos when I get aroud to uploading them...

I think overall my process works BUT is likely a bit...

Well after a 1400 mile round trip from Orange Country to Thunderhill for two trackdays... THEN onto Sacramento for an emergency clutch repair and back to SF and to Sac again for multiple drive events...

alright we've got power but not quite out of the woods just yet... the variable part of the switch doesn't seem to be functioning :? I unplugged the center pole on the switch to confirm, and sure...

Hey Guys,

Sorry for the delay but it took a while to track this part down. However with some help from a little electronics shop we were able to find the proper cross reference part (NTE 5637)....

alright, back at it again at 12:00 because I can't sleep! :)

- Cord ohmed out at 0.00
- No continuity between the shaft where the bearing presses on, to the copper segments of the commutator...

Thanks again for the detailed response :xyxthumbs: I haven't ohm'd the cord but did test for continuity and swapped it with a know good unit. I was thinking the same thing about that riveted piece......

alright, well I didn't get electricuted nor did a get any juice..

GFI for safety

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/FairZ32/IMG_20120331_173237.jpg

wiring to match the awesome sketch ;)...

Holly COW guys! Thanks for all the info! currently testing these methods, stand by :buffing:

Label
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/FairZ32/IMG_20120307_084302.jpg

old switch
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/FairZ32/IMG_20120308_234923.jpg...

Thanks Mike, I'll get the termanolgy figured out sooner or later ;)

Here's the unit (not mine as mines much cleaner ;) )
http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f369/FairZ32/Presentation3.jpg

and...

Hey Guys,

Long story short, opened my Snap-on et1470 type 100 orbital to clean up the contacts in the trigger but didn't take note of the wires....

Oh and I knocked the tin over with all the...

Hi Guys,

Been lurking on here for some time, detailing my own cars and the occasional girlfriend or family member. Anyways, had been detailing my white 300zx for ~10 years.
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