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Three cheers for the list (and a lot of patience)! I finally got the ignition working and IT HAS A SPRING RETURN! See: http://www.hoopes.net/dan/square/current.html for the updated pics and comments. I've had to get rid of my habit of pulling it back because the spring is there now! (no more explaining when I give the keys to anyone - which I rarely do, but it's always scary) What do you guys think about the paper I used and the solder on the contacts? Will that bring future problems? Hopefully, a relay will take the brunt of the effort away from these little contacts. Speaking of current and such, does this little contact have to carry all the current that is being used to run anything that is on when the key is in the "on" position? Did VW put some kind of relay anywhere that takes the job of putting all that current through? If not, I need to do that. What is the best way to wire it? Should I put in two relays, one for the starter and one for key-switched items? Can I just pull 12V (unswitched) off the fuse block and use that to power my relay and then pass the original wires through the relay-switched points? Relays hardly take any current to run, right? If someone could do a quick, simple circuit diagram to show the connections for the relay(s), that would be very helpful. Dan '67 Square, "Stanley" ------------------------------ Daniel M. Hoopes 652 South 1050 East Orem, UT 84097 801-836-3411 ------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Hoopes [mailto:dan1@hoopes.net] Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:49 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] '67 Ignition switch problems What should I use to lube this thing up when I put it back together? There was something like wheel bearing grease in there when I took it out, but I've used solvent to get everything bare. Would wheel bearing grease work, or maybe just some multipurpose grease? Dan ------------------------------ Daniel M. Hoopes 652 South 1050 East Orem, UT 84097 801-836-3411 ------------------------------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org