At 05:34 PM 7/4/2015, Neil N wrote:
>As a side note, and likely not related to Johns problem,
>is that the pivot holes can wear over time. Here's one persons solution:
>
>http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=455400&highlight=throttle+body+switch+worn+pivot

Fascinating!  That is not something I would have expected at all as
the operating forces are very light.  It reminds me that switch gets
a lot of use in a gritty environment.  I wonder if it ran for a long
time without the dust cover.  Perfectly reasonable repair.   The
switch contacts should last practically forever -- at 30 mA
noninductive load a four amp switch won't notice; and 30 mA is enough
to get it out of the "dry circuit" regime where switching energy is
too small to blow contaminants away.  I'm assuming that tencentlife
is correct about the 30 mA.

You can monitor that switch from the cockpit by simply connecting a
yellow LED across it, preferably with a couple hundred ohms in series
but you can get away without.  LED on = switch open.

Yrs,
d