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Minwah:

--- Quote from: Nefesis on July 12, 2004, 08:19:04 am ---cool. the actutator is the long part that sticks off the top?

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Yes, the metal lever part.  I think NoOneNBA is talking about something else...
Minwah:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on July 12, 2004, 12:24:58 pm ---As far as the fan control idea, someone else here actually made a similar push-rod type switch system about a year ago, or so.
The theory is pretty simple.
You take an auto fan control, lawnmower throttle cable, auto choke cable, etc... and hook it to the cab so that the cable inside pushes/pulls on the restrictor plate.



The areas that need special attention are:

1) Making sure that the cable body is secured near the restrictor plate with a mounting block of some sort.
If you don't do this, the entire cable, shield and everything will move, and it won't turn the restrictor properly.

2) Making sure the cable doesn't turn too tight of a radius on the way across.
The straighter the cable runs, the easier it will work.

3) Making sure that the piece attached to the restrictor is secure enough to last.
I haven't actually done this hack, so I'm not sure what problems you may run into getting a lever on the restrictor to stay securely.
One idea I had was to remove one of the screws, and use the slot for that screw to secure the end of the cable in place somehow.

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Good idea :)  Not sure how well it would work when pushing the cable tho...

I wonder if it would be possible to go a step further and rotate the restrictor plate using a gear driven by a slow motor of some kind - I know it has been mentioned before...
NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Minwah on July 12, 2004, 01:42:38 pm ---Good idea :)  Not sure how well it would work when pushing the cable tho...

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It opens the half-stuck vent thing on my Jeep--if you ram it quickly and hard.
I can't see that little restrictor plate giving it anywhere NEAR that kind of resistance.


Note to self: Fix half-stuck vent thing on Jeep.


And yes, I was talking about a different actuator.
Somebody had asked earlier about 8-way leaf sticks in this thread, or another one.
I had told them about a guy that was replacing everything but the base and actuator on some 8-ways with parts from 4-way NOS sticks.
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