My replacement looked exactly like the old one that I took out so I'm
guessing Dennis is right about my washer being missing. I think I'm going
to hit up the hardware store and see if I can find a few different
thickness washers to try and see if I can get close enough.

On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes there are two switches available. The difference is the connector.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 8:48 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Reverse lights going crazy
>
> Going from memory here, but when I replaced my switch there was some
> confusion in the ETKA at my parts shop that led me to have to bring the old
> switch in to get the correct one.
>
> Jim
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 12:22 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Sounds like you installed the new switch without the spacer-washer.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
> > Behalf Of Michael McSwain
> > Sent: Friday, February 6, 2015 1:16 AM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: Reverse lights going crazy
> >
> > I recently decided to replace my reverse light switch on the drivers
> > side of my transmission, ('84 manual westy).  The symptom I was
> > chasing was a flickering of the reverse lights when in reverse. After
> > replacing the switch, the reverse lights now come on "almost" all the
> > time no matter what gear I'm in.  A friend suggested I replace the
> > crimp connectors that connect to the two contacts on the switch. Did
> > that. No change. What gives?
> > Anybody
> > ever seen this?
> >
>

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