Switches R'Us

[Trevor Irwin]

Al, that's great. How did you get those switches out of their housing etc?
I have a switch that needs some fixing, but I cant get the dang thing
apart (i figure i could if i broke it, but that wouldn't help me).

Trevor

On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Al Powell wrote:

> Hey friends, last weekend I spent a couple of hours in a rewarding switch 
> repair exercise.  About four of the power window switches on my 1990 200 had 
> stopped working in one or another direction (up or down).
> 
> I just received some Deoxit and proGold from Caig Labs, so I pulled all those 
> switches - treated each set of contacts with Deoxit and proGold, then 
> re-installed.  EVERY one works fine now. I then thought of the rear defroster 
> switch, which hasn't worked in six months.  Pulled it and cleaned it up (wow, 
> it was filthy! Green sticky stuff on the contacts, and we don't smoke), then 
> treated with Deoxit and ProGold, and now it works like a charm.
> 
> That's probably $150-$200 worth of switches (at retail) fixed for $25 worth 
> of contact enhancing chemicals.  Not a bad deal.  Also fixed a power window 
> switch on my Ford pickemuptruck which had similar problems.
> 
> Highly recommended for those who have balky switches!
> 
> The pesky part is getting the switches out of the door panels - and popping 
> the interior part of the switch out of the housing. But once you get the hang 
> of it (around switch two or three) it's not bad.
> 
> ************************************
> Al Powell
> Fort Collins, CO
> powellae at home.com
> cougfan1 at gocougs.wsu.edu
> ************************************
> 
> 

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