Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:29:49 -0400
Reply-To: Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Power window switch relocation
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Sometimes the contacts in the switches get corroded and they can be
polished and relubricated. Reassembling those switches is VERY
challenging. If one half is in a vise and the other is clamped in a large
pair of visegrips, I can sometimes get it to go together straight enough,
but not usually.
The last time I faced this task I got so frustrated that I invented a way
to use a switch from an old Subaru donor car. Electrically it was the
same, but it took a little inovation and JB weld to mount it in the bezel.
Larry A.
On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Toomey Douglas <drt@uoregon.edu> wrote:
> Raimund,
>
> I had an old switch lying around and decided to look inside. Easy to get
> apart and the grease was pretty dry, making it stiff. However, I took out
> the two sort of W-shaped actuators and getting those back in so that they
> are not sideways is causing me problems. The switches are pretty simple,
> except for that…
>
> Doug
>
> > On Aug 27, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE> wrote:
> >
> > The wires breaking in the door jam is a true mess.
> >
> > However,
> >
> > I often realized that the switch itself is the culprit.
> > Hardened and rotten grease inside raises resistance, even if the wiring
> > is okay´ish.
> >
> > I replaced my switches just a couple of days ago, with VW Polo switches
> > (red lit, otherwise almost the same) from 2010. Also available green-lit
> > before 2010.
> > 6K* or 6N* or 191* part numbers (yes, Golf2).
> >
> > Windows run almost perfectly!
> >
> > You US guys probably will have troubles finding these switches though.
> >
> > The UK "brickwerks" switches (and other vendors) sell China-Quantum
> > switches brandnew. They need a little resoldering of the rear wires, but
> > work fine.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Raimund
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 27.08.2017 um 20:07 schrieb Stacy Schneider:
> >> Because the stock wiring is a mess and if you are not really careful it
> >> ends up being caught in the mechanism as well as the wires break in the
> >> door jam.
> >>
> >>
> >> Stacy
> >>
> >> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:44 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Why would people wish to relocate them?
> >>>
> >>> Yrs,
> >>> d
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Any where you put them other then the door panel is
> >>>> uncomfortable. I always advise that you double up some masking tape
> and put
> >>>> it on the dash where you intend to out the switches
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> 1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels.
> >> Oldest son is an Eagle scout.
>
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