[FC] FC Steering Column and Turn Signal Mechanism Differences

[Ken Hand]

 There are some differences between the FC and car turn signal parts but they are very similar and even interchangeable with just a couple of little modifications. First the FC canceling cam lever hole is angled almost straight out, the car cam is angled to match the dish of the car steering wheel. The switch is the same with the mounting tabs different.

Now you CAN use a car assembly if you put the lever in and mark where it is tight then remove the lever and make a bend near the threads just outside the bowl diameter so the lever will miss the FC steering wheel. Then reinstall the lever so it is back where you marked it and wa la! you have car parts in your FC. OH, be sure and use a little blue loctite otherwise the lever will tend to loosen because of the bend in the lever. The switch can be taken apart and the mounting bracket changed and you have made a car part into an FC part.

 

Ken Hand
248-613-8586
www.corvairmechanic.com
 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Clark kevin at kcvairbrush.com <kevin at kcvairbrush.com>
To: corvanatics group <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Tue, Sep 14, 2010 8:39 pm
Subject: Re: [FC] FC Steering Column and Turn Signal Mechanism Differences


Maybe I didn't make myself clear. I really appreciate everybody's  
input on fixing a problem and the modification using non FC parts.  
Originally I just wanted to know if any parts of an early car turn  
signal is interchangeable with FC's and I guess it's not. Right now  
I'm using a cable with one end hooked up to the switch and the other  
end mounted on the steering column bracket with a knob. I pull up for  
right turn signal and down for left turn signal. Clever huh?
KC


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Kevin G. Clark
kevin at kcvairbrush.com
www.kcvairbrush.com




On Sep 13, 2010, at 11:55 PM, Mervyn Krull wrote:

> Hi all!
> My brother in law took the existing signal mechanism apart by  
> carefully
> pulling the metal tangs holding it all together and cleaning it.  
> Works fine!
> Worth a try...?
> The automatic cancelling part didnt go so well, so I just shut it off
> manually.
> toodles
> Merv Krull
> Salmon Arm, BC
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <kevin at kcvairbrush.com>
> To: "corvanatics group" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2010 9:31 AM
> Subject: [FC] FC Steering Column and Turn Signal Mechanism Differences
>
>
>> Folks,
>> Are there any differences between the '61-'63 FC and '64-'65 FC
>> steering column and turn signal mechanism? Are early car turn signal
>> mechanism interchangeable with the '61-'65 FC's? Turn signal
>> mechanism would be the working parts inside the steering hub under
>> your horn. If early cars turn signal mechanism are easier to find and
>> plentiful and would work only in the '65 FC, what would I need to
>> watch out for when swapping into a '63 Corvan? Would an early car
>> turn signal mechanism work in the '61-'63 FC steering hub?
>> Kevin
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
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>> kevin at kcvairbrush.com
>> www.kcvairbrush.com
>>
>>
>>
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