[Vwdiesel] WANT: reverse light switch 86 Golf 1.6L Na 5-sp diesel

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

Well.........I got the switch out. 2 x 9mm bolts.
It's a mess.  All corroded and whatnot.
I got it mostly apart (a lot of fighting with a small screwdriver and
needlenose pliers) even though
it was never meant to come apart.
I'll take it to work today and see if I can clean up the corrosion and
crudiness and make it work.
There are 3 plungers which must contact 3 cogs in the tranny for shifting
and reverse and whatnot.
I see how a normal switch would not work. Not even close.

I'll keep the list posted................and most likely will be looking for
another switch soon.
I think this ones' actually been taken apart before, but only partially.
I'm goin' the distance !

Mike

Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: <LBaird119 at aol.com>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] WANT: reverse light switch 86 Golf 1.6L Na 5-sp
diesel


> Is there a way to use the cheap switch in place of the
> expensive one if I'm willing to lose the upshift
> light?
>
>   Nope.  It's even less possible than bolting an Audi 5 cylinder engine
> into a Rabbit or Jetta.  :-(
>   The simple switch screws into a hole where a single plunger is
depressed.
> The upshift one bolts onto a piece of the tranny housing that's made
> differently and I believe three seperate switches get plunged.  Believe
> me, I THOUGHT about it when mine was bad.  Now the upshift light
> doesn't work because the little switches on the pump are dirty.
>     Loren
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