Re: 87 5kcstq WOT switch

[EKellock@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-08-06 10:38:29 EDT, you write:

>On the '83 QTC both the idle and WOT switches are micro switches that click 
>when activated.  I found on the '88 5kT (with the sealed black switch
module) >that there is only one micro switch, and it is for the idle switch.
 The WOT >switch is a couple of discrete contacts that are actuated by a cam
mechanism.
>Furthermore, on this car the WOT contacts were bent in such a way that it 
>appeared to be *deliberately* set up so that they would never close ... I 
>have remedied that situation! ;-)  
>
>My recommendation to you is first to check the function of the WOT switch 
>using an ohmmeter.  If you don't see the contacts closing it is possible to 
>break the module open and repair the contacts.  The unit on the 5k doesn't 
>look quite as good as it used to, but it now works correctly.  

Okay, so I gets the ohm meter and the closed throttle position seems to work
but the full throttle not.  So I crack open the switch and it has apparently
held about 1/4" of water inside it at one point or another.  So the full
throttle contacts are corroded.  I can get a reading if I touch these
contacts right out at the ends where they meet, but further on down towards
the wiring, no reading.  Should I try to clean somehow or should I replace
the switch?  Also the common wire pulled out of the connecter when I
disconnected it so I need to solder that back together.  I'm not sure if it
was broken already or if I broke it???  Oh well.

What do you think?

Ed Kellock
Lansing, IA
87 5kcstq
87 cgt 2.3