Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

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#1 Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by No Quarter » Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:03 am

Mine is on the right, a friend gave me the one on the left. I think I can move the white plastic thing from left to right, and then use it. But when I started taking the one on the left apart, springs etc. jumped out.

Does anybody have instructions or a drawing of this, to help me get one working turn signal mechnism?

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#2 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by mgcjag » Tue Mar 24, 2026 10:14 am

If you search indicator switch hete on the forum there are a huge number of posts and photos etc....Steve
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#3 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by Iansparky » Tue Mar 24, 2026 5:48 pm

If you google servicing the e type series 1 turn signal switch, there is an excellent artical on yumpu that describes the process of stripping down and rebuilding, there are a lot of pop up adverts on the site but you can work around them, I did mine, replaced the white plastic bit and the chrome lever, the great thing is I retained my original switch that was date stamped Jan 65 by lucas.
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#4 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by PierreW » Tue Mar 24, 2026 6:28 pm

Hi and where did you find the white plastic piece ?
Jaguar MK2 1967 since 1980
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#5 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by No Quarter » Tue Mar 24, 2026 8:24 pm

PierreW, I didn't find it. I got an unused mechanism, which I plan to take it from.
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#6 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by No Quarter » Tue Mar 24, 2026 8:28 pm

Thanks Iansparky, just what I needed. never heard of Yumpu before.

Tried googling blinker, flasher, direction etc., but signal was best :-)
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#7 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by abowie » Wed Mar 25, 2026 4:24 am

PierreW wrote:
Tue Mar 24, 2026 6:28 pm
Hi and where did you find the white plastic piece ?
They have been for sale by the usuals on and off.
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#8 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by No Quarter » Wed Mar 25, 2026 6:39 am

PierreW, the white plastic is available from SNG, part 54320721
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#9 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by mgcjag » Wed Mar 25, 2026 7:20 am

The Yumpu article is already in a link her on the forum...thats why I suggested a search ....Steve viewtopic.php?f=3&t=19905&p=161779&hilit=Yumpu#p161779
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#10 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by No Quarter » Wed Mar 25, 2026 8:13 am

Thanks, now built two defect ones into one functioning one. Quite lucky, not a single part was missing on both, so it was doable :bigrin:
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#12 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by Philippe-J. » Fri Mar 27, 2026 12:46 pm

Iansparky: same question as Pierre but about the chrome lever: where did you find it?
I am desesperately searching for one, and the only solution seems to be buy the hole mechanism, at a price :mad:
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#13 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by Iansparky » Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:24 pm

I bought mine from Andy Rayner of hutsons motor company
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#14 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by Iansparky » Fri Mar 27, 2026 4:25 pm

The number is
441274669052
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#15 Re: Turn signal mechanism jigsaw puzzle

Post by Philippe-J. » Sat Mar 28, 2026 1:17 pm

Thank you Ian. It seems to be an excellent address for the lever and other things :thumbsup:
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