[s-cars] Is there a FAQ on the web somewhere for changing the bulbs in teh window switches?

[Jason Mawhinney]

Kevin,

Check this link for switch cleaning.  It goes into how to disassmeble. 
http://forums.fourtitude.com/zerothread?id=1704293   Its for the older cars 
but I can't imagine its much different.  Also if you're interested, here is 
a write-up on installing LEDs in place of the standard lights.  Thanks to 
Mike (AudiSport4000 on Audiworld) for these instructions.
.


Doing the LED's in the window switches isnt that hard.  To be honest, I had 
never used my fathers soldering gun until yesterday when I did this.
First you need LED's and new resistors, they can be gotten at Radio Shack. 
You have some choices here, you can use the 5mm LED's or 3mm LED's.  I chose 
5mm because they had 4 of them and I thought I could stuff them into the 
switch, and I did.
Here are some part numbers at Radio Shack, you can find everything in the 
pull out bins.
5mm LED Wide Angle Red-  276-309
Resistor to use with the 5mm- 271-1117
3mm LED Wide Angle Red-  276-026
Resistor to use with the 3mm-  271-1116

I paid around 8 bucks for 4 LED's and 2 packs of resistors (5 in a pack).

Now to the good stuff!  First of all, whatever switches you use, make sure 
they work first.
If you havnt taken the switches apart before, your gonna need a few very 
small flat head screwdrivers.  There are slits in them and the tabs need to 
be pushed in, and the outer "casing" pulled off in order to get to the guts. 
Some switches dont have holes where you can see the tabs, which is odd, but 
most of my spares do.  Once you release the small tabs, carefully pull the 
back part of the switch out.  Once out, you can take off the top of the 
switch (the part you physically push down).  Remove the 2 square contacts.
You notice the bulb in there now and how everything is set up.  The new 
resistor and bulb are a bit larger than these, so take that into 
consideration.  One end of the LED wire is longer than the other wire, use 
the LONG wire to hook up to the resistor, and the shorter one to ground. 
Solder them exactly how you see them.  Note this, the bulb placement is 
important, once everything is soldered together you may have to move the 
bulb with your hand to make sure it is very clear throughout the entire part 
of the switch.
Pretty cool, and they are bright at night :)

Jason Mawhinney
'95.5 S6 avant
'87 5ktq
'70 MGB



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Barnett" <bluevr6 at yahoo.com>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Is there a FAQ on the web somewhere for changing the bulbs 
in teh window switches?


>
> Took switch out, and was bum-fuddled about how to
> disassemble.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
> 94 S4 - Daily Driver
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