[Vwdiesel] Help with Backup/Upshift Light Switch Electrical Part

Bryan K. Walton bryankwalton at machlink.com
Tue Jun 20 20:16:50 EDT 2006


Hi everybody,
        I'm in the process of getting my backup/upshift light switch
functional so that I can get my backup lights working.  When I bought
this car last December, the switch was bad, as was the most of the
wiring.  BTW, this is for a 1984 Rabbit with a 4sp. transmission.
        I've purchased a few replacement parts to get everything
going, a new switch (mine is the larger kind with several spade
terminals sticking up and that screws into the transmission with two
bolts), and also a new wiring block that holds all of the wires and
plugs into the switch.
        I think I understand the wiring and which wire will need to go
where.  However, the ends of these wires are all torn up.  I need some
new electrical connectors for the ends of the wires that go into the
above mentioned block.  This is where I need some help.  I've never
seen these electrical connectors before.  And I can't find them for
sale anywhere.  It makes me think that they might be VW specific, but
my ETKA catalog doesn't show them, or a part number for them.  I can go
to my dealership if needed, but they are about 45 minutes away. The
connector is very small.  It is 3/4" long, 1/8" wide, and 1/8" tall.
In case I'm not doing a good job of describing it, I have some
pictures uploaded here:

http://www.wild-lands.net/vw/rabbit/upshift/

Can anybody please tell me either a VW part number, a proper name for
this type of connector, or a place that sells them where I might take
it in and show them? I know many people have had problems with the
switches before, but I'm hoping that somebody has had to redo the
wiring as well.

Thanks!
Bryan Walton


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