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On 5 Jun 2004 at 18:34, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > Well I guess somewhere in the history of the vehicle someone changed the > ignition, because the "plug in" thin for the ignition wires had it's ends > soldered on. So there was no way to remove the ignition from the bracket, > without cutting the wires, and resoldering. Does anyone know where to get > these "extra long" spade type connectors? I would like to do this properly > eventually, and crimp a connection on. The original style '71 switch is NLA, so I guess your approach would be the best possible. You're looking for 1/4" male locking terminals. I think some auto repair shops will have these. > While taking this apart I hoped to clean up the turn signal switch-currently > it doesn't work. I cleaned it's connections-but it still doesn't work. I'd try to verify continuity when the switch is in the different positions, and make sure the plug-in terminals at the bottom are in the correct positions. I think it's possible for them to get mixed up so they are mated wrong, or just mated to nothing. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org