Date:         Wed, 9 Sep 1998 21:43:39 -0700
Reply-To:     garth woolstenhulme <gwoolstenhulme@TRUELINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         garth woolstenhulme <gwoolstenhulme@TRUELINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Headlight Switches and Electrical Fires
Comments: To: Lawrence Dongilli <buspilot@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Comments: cc: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Lawrence Dongilli wrote:

>   The newer style contacts from the dealer are
> much better than the original style, as they have a much higher insertion
> force (due to an additional external clamping 'spring') _and_ gold plating
> on the contact face.  Very nice.  They will stand up much better to years
> of heat and vibration.  The dealer charged me something like $1.57 each for
> them, but I think Amp wanted only $0.15!  It was interesting to note that
> these particular parts came from Amp of Germany.

Hi Lawrence,

Do you have the AMP part number for these?  I work for Northrop (B-2 bomber)
and AMP is huge.  I have previously searched our AMP catalogs--but could not
find anything that looked like the ones in my van (and my van pin and sockets
said AMP on them so I knew that they were AMP).

Thanks,

Garth