Re: 87 5kcstq WOT switch

[Dave Head <dhead@sundial.sundial.net>]

At 05:51 PM 8/9/96 -0400, you wrote:

>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?

I think considering the switch runs $75.00+, you should play with it a LOT!
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