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Date:         Mon, 7 Feb 2005 05:53:47 -0800
Reply-To:     "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
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From:         "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Backup light switch
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Here is one for anyone.  I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem.  84GL, manual 4 speed.  It seems that if you push in on the top space contact of the backup light switch, you can cause it to become a short to the other contact.  I could not figure out why the switch worked but when I pushed the wires on, I basically had a bypassed short circuit (backup lights on when the ignition was turned on).  Finally found that if I pushed in on the top contact, I had the short and if I pulled out a little on the contact after pushing the wire on, the short went away and the switch operated normally.  Is this characteristic of the switch failure mode?


William
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