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On 30 Nov 99, at 18:39, tony-n-christy@mindspring.com wrote: > Solenoid and starter are good and > as far as I can tell we are making clean contact at the neutral safety > switch. Jim, you mentioned replacing the brass. I am assuming that you > mean the spring loaded piece that is attached to the gear selector, is this > correct Yes. remove it and refurbish it if it has been worn out. When they are bad, the brass sheet has been worn completely thru in the contact area. Careful not to lose the spring. I use a dental tool, some small wires, and sometimes a piece of thread to tie to the spring as a leash so it can't get away. > I also think > that the switch in my car is from the wrong year. There are two mounting > holes for the switch, but only one lines up and the alignment is pretty bad > (the reverse lights only come on between Park and Reverse). The mounting holes on the 68-71 switch were straight front to back. On the 72-3 switch the front hole is offset to the right. > I've already > tried to find one locally, to no avail. Anybody got a neutral safety switch > for a 1970 Square? I hope I can find it soon as climbing under the car to > start it is a pain in the neck (literally). The part number off the one in > my car is 311 927 147 B (the B may actually be an R its hard to tell). 68-71, 311 927 147 72-3, 311 927 147A, superceded by B I may have a used one, but I don't want to sell my last one. I'll see if VW has any of these. I've > been looking at the switch itself, it appears that if I connect the right > wires I should be able to disable the safety feature temporarily, however > I've not been successful at doing this. Careful, this can be dangerous! Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org