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89 Fox 427

89 Fox 427

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Do they just sell individual parts to turn your battery killswitch into the one with the pushrod and heim joints?

I have the switch, some threaded shit with heim joint all I really need is the handle thing that bolts to the switch and connects to the heim and pushrod. Trying to Google and having no luck
 
You deserve some good luck, hopefully somebody on here has some sitting on a shelf.
 
Sort of. All I really need is that little piece that attaches to the top of the switch
 
Raidmagic said:
This piece? I looked around some and couldn't find one. Doesn't look like it would be too hard to replicate.


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That's the stuff!

I've never had one in my hands so I'm not sure how it doesnt spin. Is it splined? Doesn't appear to have a flat spot to stop from spinning, it's it just clamping force?
 
89 Fox 427 said:
That's the stuff!

I've never had one in my hands so I'm not sure how it doesnt spin. Is it splined? Doesn't appear to have a flat spot to stop from spinning, it's it just clamping force?
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I took that from the link Mark provided. I'd imagine there is a clamp bolt that pinches that onto the shaft.
 
89 Fox 427 said:
That's the stuff!

I've never had one in my hands so I'm not sure how it doesnt spin. Is it splined? Doesn't appear to have a flat spot to stop from spinning, it's it just clamping force?
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Yes just clamped. There are 2 angled flats on the shaft that engage the OE Cole-Hersee handle for that switch that are hard to duplicate in a machined piece so they just clamp to the round part of the shaft. The OE handle is Zinc so it can't be welded to, hence the clamped on handle from Moroso.
 
Like was said it’s just clamped . Took a pic of one of mine for ya . You can see the switch has two flat spots on it but the bracket is just round and split to tighten up on . I checked a few of my contacts and they don't sell just the part . Shame cause you know moroso has bins of them .You can make one,its just a chunk of aluminum.
 
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Shit I was late on the tree. Had a summit order going and just bought the whole setup. Hopefully I can shorten the arm from 18" to about 12"
 
Also on a street car, it would not be that difficult to make a sort of anti theft. Use a sleeve over the rod, both of course cut to appropriate length, with a stop collar to retain the sleeve from coming clear on out. You push it off, but can not turn it back on without opening the trunk

Also on one of mine, years ago, I had a dead nuts simple driver's seat operated disconnect--just bought some bulk bicycle cable shifter jacket and cable, ran it from the lever up under the carpet and out near the hump between the seats with a simple pull handle. EASY. Yank it and it disconnects, without ever getting out of the car
 
440roadrunner said:
Also on a street car, it would not be that difficult to make a sort of anti theft. Use a sleeve over the rod, both of course cut to appropriate length, with a stop collar to retain the sleeve from coming clear on out. You push it off, but can not turn it back on without opening the trunk

Also on one of mine, years ago, I had a dead nuts simple driver's seat operated disconnect--just bought some bulk bicycle cable shifter jacket and cable, ran it from the lever up under the carpet and out near the hump between the seats with a simple pull handle. EASY. Yank it and it disconnects, without ever getting out of the car
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quite literally no one will be able to start my car except me. I have hidden kill switches installed all over the place, as well as a few easy to see ones and a dummy switch. Each serves a different purpose doing something different on several circuits.

Learning about relays was a fun time!
 
I bought the summit disconnect. What a fuckin stupid design with no adjustability.

You can't shorten the pushrod, because it's only threaded an inch on each end. Unless you have a drill and tapping set, which now I need to buy.

You also can't turn the bracket/switch to suit your needs because the top aluminum plate isn't a clamp on with a set screw. It's a roll pin.

There's also a locating tab on the bracket that doesn't allow you to spin the switch without redrilling the bracket which is probably easiest.

Fuckin engineers

 
That looks cheap as fuck. That's not the Cole Hersee switch, that's an import. Anyone here using that switch successfully?
 
Yoyodyne said:
That looks cheap as fuck. That's not the Cole Hersee switch, that's an import. Anyone here using that switch successfully?
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I can't say for sure where is made because the q&a on summit says it is but can change without notice.

The bolts and threads are American and not metric though 🤷‍♂️
 
89 Fox 427 said:
I bought the summit disconnect. What a fuckin stupid design with no adjustability.

You can't shorten the pushrod, because it's only threaded an inch on each end. Unless you have a drill and tapping set, which now I need to buy.

You also can't turn the bracket/switch to suit your needs because the top aluminum plate isn't a clamp on with a set screw. It's a roll pin.

There's also a locating tab on the bracket that doesn't allow you to spin the switch without redrilling the bracket which is probably easiest.

Fuckin engineers

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That's exact same way my flaming River unit was. I flipped it around, rolled it in the bracket and flopped the arm over. I shortened and bent the rod and it's good to go.
 
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