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Wed May 28, 2008 10:17 am

Hi guys!..is there a manual or a step by step procedure how to remove the coil of the semaphores?. i have a non working semaphore and the coil looks busted maybe i will be capable of fixing it

THanks
Andre

Wed May 28, 2008 6:33 pm

Contact Matt Ross. He's been restoring semaphores for over a decade now: http://www.mattsparts.com/

Wed May 28, 2008 7:48 pm

Drill out the rivet(s) holding the bottom end bracket of the coil, it slips right out.

Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:52 am

I will give that a try hope i will be able to put it all together!..by the way how can i know if my semaphores are SWF or SHO?

Thanks

Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:23 am

trilseker wrote: I will give that a try hope i will be able to put it all together!..by the way how can i know if my semaphores are SWF or SHO?

Thanks

Logo on the body backside.

Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:12 am

hi im resoracting this post again :D... matt ross didn't reply to my email maybe he was busy or something..so here im posting again ..

can you see that wire disconnected from the coil?..do i have to remove everthing to reattach that again?

Thanks

Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:37 am

from your picture it looks like the wire to the light bulb in the arm.

this runs from one of the bottom posts, under the coil over the hinge pivot and up the arm to the bulb. it's a cloth covered wire but in some cases (inc yours by the looks of things) the cloth degrades leaving just the bare wire.

Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:41 am

yep that cloth disintagrated and even the wire it came disconnected..how can i attach the wire under the coil?

Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:33 am

It is possible to slip a wire down the channel under the coil without removing it, but with the cloth wire it is tricky as the cloth wrap wants to slide back. I have done it however. If you have a very small, thin piece of heat shrink tubing you can slip over the end and shrink it, it helps.

I restore the earlier sems and have the cloth wire. Send me a self addressed stamped envelope and I'll send you a new piece if wire. Shoot, I guess I could put a piece of heat shrink on the end before I send it. Once you push it through, just clip the heatshrink off.

ze-mail me at arwerks@charter.net

Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:31 am

Do not mean to hijack but what do you use to wrap the coil with as my coil covering has degraded?

Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:16 am

I use a red cloth tape, its available from bookbinding suppliers. I just looked at my notes and it doesn't look like I saved the URL from the place I ordered it from. You have to find 3' wide stuff (coil wrap is 60mm), I recall finding lots of sources for 2" wide, but 3" was harder to find. Google it....

Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:29 am

Looks like I ordered in '07 from this place but I don't see it on their site now. I sent them an e-mail asking them if they still had it.

Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:51 am

Bummer:

> Thank you for contacting us. We do not have any of the Dark Red Book
> Cloth tape(sku#406607) and unfortunately we will not be restocking this
> item. I am very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause you. Please
> feel free to contact us again if you have any further questions. Have a
> good 4th!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Darlene M. Ratliff
> www.paper-source.com
> 888.727.3711

I guess I will have find another source, my roll is getting pretty small...

Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:11 pm

thanks john your great..i have both cloth wire and shrinkable tubing thats a good idea..but were does this wire connect to under the coil?

Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:39 pm

It comes out the bottom and connects to the lower terminal. A coil winding wire also connects there. Look at the plate at the top of the coil and you should see a notch on on corner. The wire goes down that side.

Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:12 pm

At Matt's Parts we use 100% cotton (Black or Red) - set a bead of white glue along the length of the coil - on the underside and set down the cloth (cut to size of course) and let it dry. Then we set a bead of white glue along the length of the coil-on the underside (now on the cotton), wrap the cloth around the coil and set it in the glue - pull it tight, and let it dry.

Then we liberally, with a brush, apply Dolph's clear electrical lacquer for water proofing.

Matthew

Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:29 pm

johnshenry wrote:
I restore the earlier sems and have the cloth wire. Send me a self addressed stamped envelope and I'll send you a new piece if wire. Shoot, I guess I could put a piece of heat shrink on the end before I send it. Once you push it through, just clip the heatshrink off.

ze-mail me at arwerks@charter.net

johnshenry is a hero !!!

good to see guys helping one-another out like this ;)