In a message dated 6/20/2007 6:03:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM writes:

>I'll take my time,
>investigate, and massage it with the correct tools and
>a mechanic's skill until I break it the proper way.

Uhm, I hate to break it to you, but it's already broken ;)

On that note, I'd be surprised if torquing in one direction or another it
fixes it, but I suppose it's worth a try. You can't do more damage to a switch
that already doesn't function.

For all intents and purposes leaving it in the ON position should not sieze
it. Might have just been it's time.

Now what I hope is VW still has the part. Seems the same switch was used from
83-91.

Part # 171 959 511

But double check that it's what you need. You'll use the exixting knob that
pops off if your's is not damaged, which it sounds like it's not.

Best,
Jeff
83.5 Westy
LA,CA

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