Key To The Valiant

By Ron

aka WayTooFurious

I’ve recently had some trouble with my Valiant: last week, the ignition switch decided to give up the ghost. I could’ve hot wired it, but that’s not really my style, so instead I ordered a replacement unit that will simply replace the old switch. Interestingly as a result of my problem I have found out that there is apparently only one person in all of Australia who actually rebuilds the units to new or better-than-new specifications. Unfortunately the units that I have had in the past which have been sold to me as ‘rebuilt’ have only lasted a year or more as they were actually only second-hand and not rebuilt as the sellers had claimed. From what I can gather, the locksmith has developed a special key that is inserted into the barrel to open it. Then the contents are removed and rebuilt. To top things off they also come with a new key. According to the people at Hemi Performance, my new ignition switch should have the life span comparable to that of the original factory unit. When was the last time you were sold something for your car that wasn’t all that the seller claimed it to be?

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Posted at 1:08 am in Guest Blogger, Parts

Comments

GTwildfire
Aug 19, 2008 at 4:25 pm

LOL… Ebay… “DOT” approved, black projector beam headlights to replace 6X4 sealed-beam. In my case Firebird pop-ups.
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The H4 bulbs they maintain are compatible with the Firebird are anything but. No matter how you wire them, switching to high beam makes the PS headlight bright… and the DS one dim. Also, being black the light housings emit precious little light.
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They look very cool though and I don’t want to part with them SO I have some killer bright fogs I just installed that easily take up the slack, but aim them so oncoming drivers aren’t blinded.
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When inspection time comes, I just pop out the projectors and pop in the sealed beams, as well as swap the smoked corners.
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Moral of the story: Don’t assume that DOT or other standards have actually been met with stuff from 3rd party MFGRS. They just want to move their products and those standards apparently aren’t enforced or may not even be enforceable.

7urtle
Aug 19, 2008 at 6:25 am

uh my heat controls keep going out after a week.

Nes
Aug 19, 2008 at 1:45 am

Just last friday I was delivered a brake booster with the same leak as my 11 year old one had! So now I’m stuck without a car for almost a week, since the new piece might get here until wednesday.