Date:         Fri, 19 Sep 1997 22:41:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      Re: 87Syncro,Headlights won't turn on
Comments: To: STEVEN G WACKER <s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM>
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At 08:55 AM 9/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Chris, I'm having the same problem with my 86 Syncro. I thought it would
>be the ignition switch so I tried moving it a little to see if the lights
>would come on, didn't. So then I tried jiggling the rocker switch for the
>lights and found that if I moved the switch slightly back form the "on"
>position the lights would come on. I suppose I'll have to buy a new
>switch someday.
>
You *CAN* take these apart & rebuild them - done it 3 times so far on our
various VW's (sorta like door handles...they seem to all be the same,
including Audis!).
Annyhow, by 'rebuilding' I don't mean buying new internals, just that they
may be 'unsnapped' & if you're carefull re where all the little springs etc
go you can clean up the contacts, reverse the slider bar, slop on a little
contact enhancer, snap back together & they'll go another 100K.

Austin

ps - beats the ~$70 the dealer gets for my latest 'switch' - a '92 GTI.