Bad switch..I see many open (no continuity) and see them stuck closed
(lights always on) but never one shorting to ground..Just repl the swithch.
Bus Depot has em cheap. Daryl of AA Trans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 5:53 AM
Subject: Backup light switch

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