The distributor rebuild took longer than expected, the sun was just rising as the next day I left my garage and headed the 97 miles to Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire for a midweek MSV track day.
The engineer in me was not happy about the "no load" 5000 rpm required to pass the noise test at 97 db (standard exhaust).
With a combined driver and car age of 92 years I was not expecting to be the fastest on this or any circuit.
Overtaking on the left was by mutual consent, the slower car being advised to indicate to the right.
As the pack of Caterhams, the occasional Renault Alpine and even a Ford Sierra Cosworth (370ish BHP) circulated at a greater pace the C4 driven by myself, I soon settled into the day and moved over to let the faster cars get by on the straights.
Then disaster happened.
The indicator stalk stoped latching - I lost the ability to indicate right!
Hence to the purpose of this post - I cannot recall seeing posts on this or any other forum over the years about failing steering column switches.
I note Type 911 sell them with a 5-7 day delay at about £300 which tends to suggest that they are fast to medium selling parts.
Has any one else had this failure?
Can it be fixed by some glue and sticky back plastic or do I need to splash the cash?
The engineer in me was not happy about the "no load" 5000 rpm required to pass the noise test at 97 db (standard exhaust).
With a combined driver and car age of 92 years I was not expecting to be the fastest on this or any circuit.
Overtaking on the left was by mutual consent, the slower car being advised to indicate to the right.
As the pack of Caterhams, the occasional Renault Alpine and even a Ford Sierra Cosworth (370ish BHP) circulated at a greater pace the C4 driven by myself, I soon settled into the day and moved over to let the faster cars get by on the straights.
Then disaster happened.
The indicator stalk stoped latching - I lost the ability to indicate right!
Hence to the purpose of this post - I cannot recall seeing posts on this or any other forum over the years about failing steering column switches.
I note Type 911 sell them with a 5-7 day delay at about £300 which tends to suggest that they are fast to medium selling parts.
Has any one else had this failure?
Can it be fixed by some glue and sticky back plastic or do I need to splash the cash?