Lotsa Speedster Stuff from TC

Yes, I remember TC!  I never had a beef with him, but as I recall, the reason he doesn't frequent this forum is because he was banned from it.  I'm guessing there are more than a couple of members here who wonder why it had to be his project that the tree happened to land on.

I'm interested and in Hanover MA. Please pass along his email.

Sorry. Missed his email in the text. Duh

Didn't we go through this For Sale list once or twice before and nothing materialized ?  zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Someone nearby needs to buy it all for a yard-sale price and resell it here.  I bought a luggage rack from TC and while I'm happy with it, it took several emails and many weeks to get it shipped.  Better yet haul it to Carlisle and set up a table.

Eventually, all the chickens come home to roost.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Just F y'all I, TC's recent projects are MGAs--a coupe and a 'vert with a 5.0 Ford transplant. He walked off the MG forum a few months ago with no prompting & left a few normal members scratching their heads.

Never dealt with him personally but I think he's a cool cat.

Talked to him via email today. Seemed fine to me. He offered some advice on my project and talked about the gear he has. He's the next town over so we'll see if I can meet up with him.

The guy has had his share of family issues over the past two years, just like me.  We all deal with that in different ways.  I chose to stay on here after realizing that I was losing it, psychologically, (losing both your parents and a brother inside of 14 months tends to mess you up) and chose this forum and some of you people as my replacement "family" to help bring me through it, and I hope I haven't been to much of a pain-in-the-ass in the past year or so (I remember being a dick-head to someone last year and truly regret it). 

But I have grown intolerant of some of our so-called, "members", and simply choose to disappear for a while from time to time, rather than put up with them.  Those guys have been mostly absent on here for a while so here I am again.  What Tom does is up to Tom - he has the luxury of doing whatever the hell he chooses to do in his life.

Tom has a vast collection of really good stuff which he wishes to part with for short money, much of it much higher quality than is normally found in these types of parts because he is a fanatic at this stuff and in his life.  If you are looking for something not listed here, email him and ask - he might just have what you are looking for.  It is up to you and he to come to a business agreement to acquire them for yourself.

and as always, Caveat Emptor.......

I've posted this as I said I would, so now the rest is up to you folks who are looking for stuff.  Me?  I thought about maybe a Porsche horn button (he has a couple of them) but decided, instead, for a custom-made, Celtic Knot horn button and maybe get my steering wheel signed by members of the Boston Band calling themselves "Dropkick Murphy".  No silly "Nardi" wheel for ME!

bye.

Gordon-

Shoot me an email, friend. stangalat<AT>gmail.com

Hey Gordon ! Stu here, Can you tell me where the signal lite flasher is located on my 2012 Speedster??? Signal lights do light when signal is moved from left to right directional ,but ,light stays on and there's no flashing of the lights to signify a turn on a corner.  Thank you in advance!!!!   Stu.

Stu:  You're probably asking the wrong guy, but memory tells me that, if you own a VS, then the flasher is somewhere up on top of the steering column area just behind the dash.  If it's something other than a VS, I haven't a clue - they're all different.

Stan:  done!

Flasher is siliconed to the top of the coulum

ALan

If you haven't already bought a replacement, I've been happy with this -

http://www.napaonline.com/Cata...R=NF_LF12_0325317724

Thanks for all who replied on my flasher problem  , Gordon your right, its where you said it would be !! And to Ted for the actual replacement I should get ( will the contacts be the same though to fit the speedster ?) and the web page and where to by one "Napa"!   Thanks to all who answered your all Waaaaaaasssoooommmm!!!!!

I remember TC from the old days too; he was dancing to the beat of a different drum but I liked him as well.

"The guy has had his share of family issues over the past two years, just like me.  We all deal with that in different ways.  I chose to stay on here after realizing that I was losing it, psychologically, (losing both your parents and a brother inside of 14 months tends to mess you up) and chose this forum and some of you people as my replacement "family" to help bring me through it, and I hope I haven't been to much of a pain-in-the-ass in the past year or so (I remember being a dick-head to someone last year and truly regret it).

But I have grown intolerant of some of our so-called, "members", and simply choose to disappear for a while from time to time, rather than put up with them.  Those guys have been mostly absent on here for a while so here I am again."

You're a good man, Gordon, and always have been since the time I joined this site years ago.  It's nice that there is a small core of original members who still hang around here.

My VS came with a two prong (presumably thermal) flasher unit. I still have it and, after peeling back some of the silicon caulk, it's a 552 flasher (see? that's why it's important to save useless stuff). The contacts are marked the same. 

You probably should check yours first, though, just in case it's different. 

 I like the one I linked to because it has a loud click that you can hear over the engine, wind, and road noise.

I have an original (rebuilt by me) flasher from a '69 VW.  It's about the size of a pack of Camel cigarettes and also runs all four lights when used in emergency flasher mode (actuated by the special, Vw e-flasher switch that must have about ten wires going to it - took two nights to figure out how to wire that damn thing, BUT I can turn on the road-side directional lights when parallel parked, just like in Europe...)  

I thought it would be cool to get a replacement/spare, so I ordered one (using the original VW part number) from Mid-America years ago and got a 3-tab, can-type jobbie (whereas my original is a 5-tab) with "rework instructions" to make it work.  Baloney!  It's actually easier to rebuild the original one, plus the 3-tab will never work with my emergency flashers...

This is one of those few times I can claim to be a "retro-grouch" like Stan!

I emailed him and talked on the phone last week about the parts. He seems to be busy and we have not gotten together on the parts and getting them shipped out?? I'm just in a holding pattern until I hear back from him.. He seems like a super nice guy to talk to. I hope it works out

Here I am back again crying in my beer guys!

I replaced the old flasher with the one recommended ,and still no directional!!!

Signal lights do come on but no flashing when making a turn. Turn signal light,bottom part of Tac. does not light up as it should when turn signal arm is moved one direction or the other. Rule of thumb usually is if no light is showing ,and no noise from flasher is heard ,signal is not flashing!!!What's next to check please`!!!

SEABSTU         

It's conceivable that you got bad flasher from Napa.  Have the flashers and tach indicator light ever worked like they're supposed to? 

Flashers are rated by "load" also.....  If you don't pull enough current through the flasher, it doesn't work.....   LEDs draw very small amounts of current compared to normal lamps....Just a thought...

Still no luck with the flasher!!!!):  First am I right in assuming that the small light that shows on the tac. needs to be lit ( First) when depressing the turn signal bar either for a left hand or right hand turn. It does NOT LIGHT UP, so I'm thinking if the light doesn't lite up, the flasher is not even coming in to play at this time.??? I looked at the small light bulb, and it does appear to be ok,I tried a new light bulb ,but still nada. Seems like I am not getting power to the light itself,therefore  no flasher will work anyway????? Ignition,and oil lite ( red) on either side of directional do work ,tac,and light surrounding complete gage (for night driving) also work,but directional (green light ) does not come on!!!!????   SEA-B-STU

are you getting power to the flasher?

they are very easy to wire, so if you have a circuit tester (or test light), you should be able to walk through this:

do your 4-way flashers work?  (they are a seperate flasher unit).

any turn signal bulbs burnt out?

Drifting off topic again!

These are great diagrams - Thanks Mango!

Sorry for all your trouble Mango! First of all I am NOT the least bid electric term wise ,or wire wise. I am getting power to my turn signal lights,both front and back!

They do light up when I move the directional arm,but they won't flash,they just stay on steady. I was told by Kirk that the small lite on the tac. ( green light) must come on (before ) the flasher will respond. The small green lite built into the tac. does not lite,so the flasher doesn't know its suppose to work. Tried two flashers to no avail,because no signal is being sent to it to flash. Can't get the small bulb in the tac. to light,tried different bulb,still no power!!

PS. Mango you are the Man for taking so much time with my problem T.U.

That's what's so great about this site and the helpful folks on it! 

I bet you lost your ground wire to the tac bulb.

... ground wire to the tac bulb...will be the wire that should still be attached to the tach gauge housing or trace it to confirm a good ground.

Ok here I am again ,still no turn signals as of yet!!!!

Signal lights do light up but do not flash. Please someone tell me exactly how many wires I should have running to the flasher itself!!!!! I have a two prong 12 volt flasher with THREE wires coming to it . One comes from the tac. the other two I'm not sure most likely the wire harness. One is blue,one is black,and the other is a wire that has black,white ,and green (cross ) marks on it!!????  SEA-B-STU

Does the flasher can need to be grounded?

I seem to remember that when we used 2-tab flashers that they would stop flashing whenever they were pulled from their (grounded) mounting bracket.  But it's been a looooong time and my blood-sugar is low.

Does not need to be grounded as it's in line (12v) that functions as momentary switch so to speak.

Ok, so I've had several emails and dialogs from people trying to buy parts from TC and they seem to be getting the run-around......hard to contact him, hard to get him to commit parts, hard to get a price or shipment info from him, etc.

I'm truly sorry I put the original post up.  I bought a few things from him and had good luck doing so.  Others, I'm afraid, have not been so lucky so I would suggest you all forget this thread and look for your parts elsewhere.  If I could delete the thread I would do so.

Sorry for the bad tip.  I thought I was being a "good guy" but remember that I was just the messenger, so please stop shooting at me!

Gordon