Date:         Thu, 16 May 2013 13:14:00 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Strange Idea about retrofitting early Headlight Switch onto
              late model Vanagon
Comments: To: "kenneth wilford (Van-Again)" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET>
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At 09:17 AM 5/16/2013, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) wrote:
>"early" switch.  That way you have a new dimmer, face and contacts, but the
>rear of it with the plug in part, stays the same.  This would mean a ready
>supply of new switches as long as someone has the patience to pop these
>apart and do the swap.

Ken, be sure to check out the contacts with a good lens.  I've had a
couple of these apart long ago and I don't remember the construction
details but I do remember that the thick silver contacts had taken a
real beating.  I'm trying to remember whether it has a wiping or snap
action for the heavy contacts, can't remember.

Take it to your local high school biology lab and use a stereo
microscope there to get a real good view of the contacts.

Yrs,
David