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roSSco
02-19-2004, 02:58 PM
I had a dead Mccord Power plate and had an idea to once again allow me to open and close the cutout at will. I got a choke cable from Autozone (about $5) and drilled a small hole in the console and routed the cable under the carpet to a drain plug under the passengers side floorboard. I removed the motor from the plate and put a small allen wrench where the motor was and drilled a small hole in it to put the cable through.

Now all I have to do is push on the knob in the console to open the cutout, or pull up to close it


http://www.ls1camaro.net/freehosting/cutout-colsed2.jpg
http://www.ls1camaro.net/freehosting/cutout-open1.jpg
skytower31
02-19-2004, 03:21 PM
Very slick! Definately a good tip for people with dead cutout motors :D
Darkhalf
02-19-2004, 06:10 PM
Question is how well does it seal now?
jrp
02-19-2004, 07:27 PM
lol, thats pimp dude :D
FirehawkNS
02-19-2004, 07:47 PM
That was awsome man. Way to turn a bad situation into a good one!!! :cool:
mshiznitzh
02-20-2004, 03:19 AM
Good thinking.
roSSco
02-20-2004, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by Darkhalf
Question is how well does it seal now?

Just as well as it did with the motor. Every once in a while I will hear it buzzing on startup and just pull up on the cable a bit. Works great! :cool:
TireSmokinLS1
02-20-2004, 03:20 PM
that is some ghetto rigging!

:D

good work!
pewter01Z
02-20-2004, 04:02 PM
it doesn't look like it gets wide open, can you open it any more?
jumpcable
02-20-2004, 05:31 PM
That is cool...I wonder if a solenoid could be incorporated into that idea. That would keep the electronics intact and might be able to seal better.
Toxic99
02-21-2004, 05:29 AM
That's pretty good.
PontiacFan
02-21-2004, 02:42 PM
The ol' JCWhitney mod, ...

JCWhitney has sold cutouts like that for many, many years.

Quick, easy, inexpensive way to control it, ...
MYSCZ06
02-23-2004, 08:22 AM
looks like some good ole texan engenerin':)
Black02SS
02-23-2004, 09:37 AM
LOL, Looks like you need to tighten the nuts. ;)
Durien512
02-23-2004, 05:59 PM
the ghetto Engineering:p
da zman
02-25-2004, 02:26 PM
lol, now THAT is some quality rig-ation.
Mark
02-25-2004, 07:06 PM
Originally posted by PontiacFan
The ol' JCWhitney mod, ...

JCWhitney has sold cutouts like that for many, many years.

Quick, easy, inexpensive way to control it, ...

:yup: Back when I had my cutout I was bolting the plate back on and my dad said back in the day we used to have those but we would run a cable to the console to open it and close it.
CollectorTA
03-05-2004, 04:40 AM
I used to have a JC Whitney Cutout (on a former car) and a very well spaced spring or two really helps in the open and shut process. I put a spring exactly at the halfway point so that if it was open or if it was shut the same spring held tension.

Hope this helps,
Earl
roSSco
03-05-2004, 05:28 AM
Originally posted by CollectorTA
I used to have a JC Whitney Cutout (on a former car) and a very well spaced spring or two really helps in the open and shut process. I put a spring exactly at the halfway point so that if it was open or if it was shut the same spring held tension.

Hope this helps,
Earl

I had the same idea, just hadn't got around to doing it yet! Good thinkin';)