[V8] Subject: Re: Window operation troubleshooting

[Allan Vega]

Dave I can get stupid bright switches through my guy locally for around fifteen bucks each new. In my opinion, it's hardly worth the effort to take them apart and risk hurting/stabing your hands just to save a few dollars. Al



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On Aug 23, 2010 9:02 PM, Dave Saad <dsaad at icehouse.net> wrote: 

It looks like they just used a surface mount resistor instead of the  

axial lead - so it can be machine assembled instead of peasant  

assembled.





Dave



On Aug 23, 2010, at 5:47 PM, NIck Miller wrote:



> Those weird window switches I was talking about... here are some  

> pictures.

> The one with the PCB on it is the best, I want to know what they are  

> out of

> but my Etka doesn't work right now.  They light up brighter and are  

> easier

> to take apart and work better.  Looks to be newer design, maybe C4?

>

> PNs:

> 4a0 959 855 A OIC  - Printed board switch

> 893 959 855 -  seperate switch/ lever thing

> ??? on the last one

>

> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_004_01.jpg

> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_003_01.jpg

> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_002_01.jpg

> http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v215/Chance901/?action=view&current=Audiswitches_001_01.jpg

> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:11 PM, NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>  

> wrote:

>

>> Oh yea, there are some different ones here.  What do the V8 ones look

>> like?  Like I said, one is about 1/8 in shorter and has a PCB on  

>> the inside,

>> the others, maybe 2-3 look like 5k units, they have some copper  

>> contacts

>> that click back and fourth, and a resistor with a light in it  

>> instead of an

>> integrated led.

>>

>> Yea, I guess the switches were just swapped around in the drivers  

>> door, and

>> For some reason I have to reverse the polarity of the motor's  

>> connector to

>> get the switch on the rear door to go the right way.  Sort of weird.

>>

>>

>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Tony and Lillie <

>> tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net> wrote:

>>

>>> I'm not sure I'm understanding this one. Are you saying that the two

>>> rear window switches are still reversed?

>>>

>>> Also, the switches may have been substituted for 4000 switches or

>>> something along those lines. That might explain them being upside- 

>>> down. Look

>>> closely at them, I never noticed this till I had them side by side.

>>>

>>> Tony

>>>

>>> ----- Original Message -----

>>> *From:* NIck Miller <chance9121 at gmail.com>

>>> *To:* Tony and Lillie <tonyandlillie1 at earthlink.net>

>>> *Cc:* Andy Schor <walbum1 at verizon.net> ; bw at udel.edu ; v8 at audifans.com

>>> *Sent:* Monday, August 23, 2010 1:43 PM

>>> *Subject:* Re: [V8] Subject: Re: Window operation troubleshooting

>>>

>>> Well.... The plot thickens!  So I can get the rear left passenger  

>>> window

>>> working from the drivers door now!  Why?  Well, because it runs of  

>>> the rear

>>> RIGHT switch, of course...

>>>

>>> Weird... ?  Ok, so the rear left window's switch is good, but Up  

>>> is down,

>>> and down is up.  Can't figure that out.. So I took the two-prong  

>>> motor

>>> connector and swapped it on the switch.  Now up is up and down is  

>>> down...

>>> still odd.

>>>

>>> And now I've also got two switches bad.  I found out that the  

>>> driver's

>>> door switch for the rear left window didn't work, so I swapped the  

>>> rear

>>> right switch for that, and got it plugged in correctly so the left  

>>> switch

>>> operates the left window... .Whew.

>>>

>>> Ok, so I popped open three windows switches and I'm seeing two  

>>> different

>>> things.  It looks like a much newer design, with an LED and  

>>> printed circuit

>>> board, and one much older design that is all copper basically.    

>>> What do I

>>> do to clean these buggers?  De-oxit or what?   Thanks,

>>>

>>> ~Nick

>>>

>>>

>>

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