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I had a mixture of cables on my old car when I bought it. The choke knob kept coming off even though the cable worked freely. I broke down and bought a matching set from cheysofthe40s and after a few weeks the cable knob came off the new choke cable. I tried epoxy and superglue with no luck. I was going to buy ANOTHER cable and decided to give it one more try at repair. I took my little butane bottle and heated the shaft almost red hot and then pressed the knob on it . The heat melted the knob on the shaft and now it's on for good. Works great!!! Us hillbillys know a thing or two no matter what Charlie says !!!!


Note. Be careful and turn the flame away from the dash(the shaft will pull out almost 3 inches),and don't let anything hot drop on the floor and ruin something. Do this at your own risk.

Everyone take note. See, I told ya!
Charlie

Steve,
Glad you got it repaired. Did you learn the melting plastic thing from playing with you GI Joes?

If you really want to know. When I was a kid I would buy AMT model cars and take a knife and heat it and customize the plastic into fins or chopped tops,etc. You may be to young to remember that day and time.

On your next project like this, you might want to try some JB Weld. It is a lot safer, and if you do a proper prep job, it will even stop a leak in a cracked block! Beamer

I used it on the steering wheel before I got it painted. It works great but it didn't work on the knob. The shaft fits so tight the JBW couldn't get a grip. I opened up the gap on the steering wheel and it worked.