Fixing the control lever

Way back in May I mentioned that the control lever on Jubilee had come loose. I shall now describe what the problem was and how I fixed it.

Here is the control lever. (Can I call it a "Morse" control, or does that imply a particular make or style?)

In order to disengage the gears and yet open the throttle (for starting the engine) the lever has to be pulled two or three millimetres away from its mounting, in other words, in a direction normal to the woodwork. Eventually the force required to do this caused the screws to pull out of the (thinnish) wood of the cupboard door.

Looking the other side of the control, inside the electrics cupboard, I could see that there was a gap of about 3/4" between the back of the door and the backplate of the mechanism.

All I had to do, then, was cut a couple of bits of wood of the right thickness to pad out the gap. There were even four very convenient holes in the backplate for securing the bits of wood. The notches avoid parts of the mechanism.

An easy fix, without having to do any dismantling. And it's now solid and better than the original.

That's the sort of job I like!

Now, if only I could work out why our home dishwasher has stopped working ...