Dash mounted direction indicator switch

[Gaz64]

Took me some time, but I found the rule about self cancelling:

Qld TMR inspection rules.

Reasons for rejection, From Page 10:

The turn signal switch is not readily operable by the driver from the driving position and, if fitted as original equipment by the manufacturer, is not self cancelling.

[patrickt]

Are the inspectors allowed to accept gifts?

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by BJ's Snake

Doesn't it need to be self cancelling?

I see nothing in the regulations that patrickt linked to that indicate self-cancelling is a requirement.

[David Hodgson]

Hi Glen, my first car was an A40 Farina. The indicator was as you said in your uncles car and it was non time based auto canceling, maybe by clockwork and was was a plastic or possibly Bakelite handle
The one you have sourced looks more the business for a Cobra

[xb-60]

Hi David.
The Cole Hersee switch - already purchased - is ideal for what I perceive my requirements to be.
I hope the inspector agrees .....and according to their documentation, I should be OK.

Cheers!
Glen

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by xb-60

I hope the inspector agrees .....

Show up with the Aussie version of a bag of Chick-fil-A sandwiches and a bottle of single malt for him. You will pass the inspection.

[xb-60]

Originally Posted by patrickt

Show up with the Aussie version of a bag of Chick-fil-A sandwiches and a bottle of single malt for him. You will pass the inspection.

So I turn up with a 289FIA Cobra replica (a "chick magnet" for sure!) ....and I need to take a chicken sandwich as a gift/bribe as well? All I can say is that your inspectors must be a shallow bunch if they're that easily bought

Cheers!
Glen

(what brand of whiskey would you suggest?)

edit: I assume "chick magnet" is not exclusively an Australian term

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by xb-60

I assume "chick magnet" is not exclusively an Australian term

It is indeed a universal colloquialism. But don't magnets repel when they are below the equator?

[Chicagowil]

I have been going thru the same considerations on my Lotus 7 replica. I ended up selecting the on-off-on toggle switch as used on the bug eye Sprite. I almost selected the early Jag XK style self-cancelling switch. But remembering the how annoying it was to have to turn it back on when it cancelled waiting at a light to turn left made me steer away from that direction (no pun intended).

As always, your choice will be accepted or rejected by a State official that will have a case of "anal-necktitus" and if he/she will listen to your reasoning will depend on if they have installed a glass belly button so they can see what's going on around them.

Thom