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ericr · 08-28-2021, 01:27 PM

I have had tight fits and like you ended up gently filing down the pot metal of the switch head. I hate to ask but are you completely confident the instrument panel is truly original? The repros are hard to distinguish from the originals. You might end up having to exchange switch heads with one of the guys that restores Electrolocks. Or send your head to him to dissasemble and remove some metal on the edge of the head. I know of no easy way to increase the depth of the cup fastened onto the panel unless you were willing to remove some of the metal off of the flange of the cup where it is fastened onto the panel.

I assume you were able to either mike the depth/locations of the respective parts involved, including the tiny screw holes on the head or use Prussian Blue to see where the parts bottom out on the cup.

08-28-2021, 01:27 PM	#3
ericr Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 1,542	Re: Bad fit elektrolock I have had tight fits and like you ended up gently filing down the pot metal of the switch head. I hate to ask but are you completely confident the instrument panel is truly original? The repros are hard to distinguish from the originals. You might end up having to exchange switch heads with one of the guys that restores Electrolocks. Or send your head to him to dissasemble and remove some metal on the edge of the head. I know of no easy way to increase the depth of the cup fastened onto the panel unless you were willing to remove some of the metal off of the flange of the cup where it is fastened onto the panel. I assume you were able to either mike the depth/locations of the respective parts involved, including the tiny screw holes on the head or use Prussian Blue to see where the parts bottom out on the cup.