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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 dated, time-consuming, dirty and a PITA sometimes especially removing the compounds if they get a...

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 this thing was getting rough... All said in done a fun trip but man, the car's paint took a...

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 enough all I'm seeing it on or off.

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). Which I later located at FRYS ;) I just finished sodering it in, plugged it in and squeezed the...

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 where the brushes ride on it. - No continuity between the windings,commutator and shaft. - Continuity...

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... going to take a closer look at it. I'm currently out of the area but I'll look it over again and...

alright, well I didn't get electricuted nor did a get any juice.. GFI for safety wiring to match the awesome sketch ;) but nothing when trigger is slightly or fully depressed. (checked continuty and all is good in the switch) Here's where the black wire connects inside And here's...

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

Label old switch New and old switch dilemma...

Thanks Mike, I'll get the termanolgy figured out sooner or later ;) Here's the unit (not mine as mines much cleaner ;) ) and here's the variable speed switch

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 ittybitty switch parts. good times:xyxthumbs: Did some searching and located a replacement switch as...

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. I later found out all the wax in the world will not stand up in a rollover... Thought I was pretty darn good at...