Both of my ML's have the original wire-wound resistor fitted........it's basically a plastic/fibre-ish affair with a few windings of copper wire around it, plus two brass terminals to attach the electrical wires......it's held into the blanking plate by a long "cotter pin" type thing with a split pin on the end.........
However, on my Flea I didn't have the original wire-wound ceramic resistor that fits onto the light switch so instead used a modern-type resistor rated at 5000 ohms.....this is a tiny thing, similar to a cigarette filter with a wire sticking out of each end of it which can be attached or soldered onto the terminals.....cheap, cheerful, can't be seen once fitted and it works.......!! Main purpose of the resistor is to prevent blowing the bulbs...........
Cheers Steve.
Yes I wondered if a modern resister would do.
I’ll just have to make/ find something to make a Top so it looks right extermnally.
If some one could give me the dimensions of the Top Part I found more one.
Sorry for late answer, very lot of work before holidays and very hot weather!! now on holidays for 3 weeks :slightly_smiling_face:
i discover and don't know why i make a mistake in description of the lever, it's not a "loop" but the securing clamp..:face_with_rolling_eyes:and the specific screw and nut
it's a chromed one but brass under it. if it could help ( same dimensions you mention Steve).
i Email you tomorow with pictures
I've got a switch and resister off a ML, it's on a headlamp which I need to keep for a 3HW project, it's at my dads house where I keep some bikes and spares, will pop round and take a photo later today and put on here.
Hi Steve, just what an am looking for. Do you have a price in mind. I will almost certainly have a correct WD one that I could put into the deal for you. Cheers John
I have one of these switches. OFF-T-H=L and no lucas mark. It has paint on the bakelite and no dial. No idea if it is an expensive part, but I'd be interested in exchanging it for something equally as rare for my '41 WM20. I'm in Hawaii so USA shipping would be $7 but to Aus and UK, it will be a lot more.
I am in the US and so I have zero chance of turning up parts here for my James ML WD, which was made in 1943. Ron has helped me immensely, in finding parts and sources for things regarding this bike but I still need a switch and resistor for my James. If you keep your eye out for one, I would pay a £100 finders fee to you for finding me these parts. I am in Tucson Arizona and would like to finish this bike out to 100% if I can. I would much prefer buying you a pint for locating it but the time and space paradox makes it impractical, so money is the next best option.