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On 27 Jun 2006 at 14:20, Nico Tewinkel wrote: > Jim wrote: > >I'd love to get my hands on some good OE switches, as they seem to > >last a lot longer than the replacements, but I'm not willing to pay > >$50 for them. > Yeah $50 seems rather steep - you can replace the cheapies quite a few times for that. > > >I'm not interested in your old dead ones, either. ;-) > Aw come'on Jim, where's your sense of rebuilding adventure? ;) I've gone as far as cutting some of each type apart on a lathe. The OE ones are amazingly complex inside, with a lot of attention to detail that makes one understand why they last a long time. The aftermarket one that I cut apart had a nylon piece that melted when it got warm, rendering it useless > Pricing is weird. My local VW shop was at least close at about $7 each, so I > bought them there. The ones I picked up today say "Made in China" on the > boxes, though the items themself have no markings other than the part > number. If anyone has a failed Chinese one, I'd like to cut it apart for comparison. Maybe the Chinese will do a better job of this. We can only hope.... -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~