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Hmmm... they had a ball bearing in side of a plastic holder (which stuck the ball) and when working the ball pressed against the switch contacts. What activates the contacts in the ones you took apart:? Keith Keith Park Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback 65 Squareback 75 Opel 87 Golf 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 12:19 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Back from the Hillclimb! > On 15 Jun 2004 at 21:47, Keith Park wrote: > > > On each of the the switches, it swelled up the plastic till the pressure > > couldnt push the ball hard enough to make it move in and close the switch. > > It happened within a few weeks with OE units and within a week or so with > > one of the New ones I bought. > > None of the switches I took apart had a ball of any kind in them. They also had > no sign of anything swollen up. The switches I took apart had all been in use > for more than a year. > > You must have found some rather different switches. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >