And we're back in business. The only turn stalk they had had been
sitting in water and was a little green ( mildew on the arm, corrosion
on the contacts). But some contact cleaner, emory cloth and elbow
grease and we're good as new. Thanks for everyone's help. I now know
NOT to pull on the turn stalk when it's not bolted down.

Can't imagine how long hooking up my AC this summer is going to take ;-)

Cheers!

On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Tim King-syncrowesty
<syncrowesty@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks. Indeed, there are supposed to be tiny little springs. I even
> found the ones I lost. BUT, in attempting to get it back together (I
> now know why the nubbin that centers the sprayer contacts is supposed
> to be removable and why VW doesn't have an expoloded diagram), I
> fubared some other parts of the switch.
>
> Heading to the wrecker to hope I can get one before they close.
>
> On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> At 03:27 PM 1/9/2010, Tim King-syncrowesty wrote:
>>>
>>> the explosion, I picked up and reinstalled the two horseshoe pieces of
>>> metal that look like they run on tracks to control wiper speed (and
>>> on/off). The unit now works intermittently (I have to jiggle it and it
>>> sort of stays on). Is there supposed to be a little spring or
>>
>> Tim, I've never been in that switch, but if you're talking about a small
>> staple-shaped piece that fits into two slots in the moving part and bridges
>> two contacts on the fixed part to connect them, then there should be a hole
>> between the two slots to hold a very small coil spring that shoves the
>> moving contact against the fixed ones. �Exact specs aren't critical but it
>> has to fit the hole, and be short enough that you can rest the contact on
>> top of it while reassembling the switch.
>>
>> Yours,
>> David
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Tim King
> Seattle WA
> 87 Syncro Westy/ Suby 2.5
>

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Tim King
Seattle WA
87 Syncro Westy/ Suby 2.5