Oh my god.

The switches are so f*cking easy to understand and clean.

But getting them re-assembled...that´s a day´s work trying all over again,

I hear you
Raimund

Am 29.08.2017 um 19:29 schrieb Larry Alofs:
> Sometimes the contacts in the switches get corroded and they can be
> polished and relubricated.  Reassembling those switches is VERY
> challenging.  If one half is in a vise and the other is clamped in a large
> pair of visegrips, I can sometimes get it to go together straight enough,
> but not usually.
>    The last time I faced this task I got so frustrated that I invented a way
> to use a switch from an old Subaru donor car.  Electrically it was the
> same, but it took a little inovation and JB weld to mount it in the bezel.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Toomey Douglas <drt@uoregon.edu> wrote:
>
>> Raimund,
>>
>> I had an old switch lying around and decided to look inside.  Easy to get
>> apart and the grease was pretty dry, making it stiff.  However, I took out
>> the two sort of W-shaped actuators and getting those back in so that they
>> are not sideways is causing me problems.  The switches are pretty simple,
>> except for that…
>>
>> Doug
>>
>>> On Aug 27, 2017, at 11:49 AM, Raimund Feussner <ray@V6BUS.DE> wrote:
>>>
>>> The wires breaking in the door jam is a true mess.
>>>
>>> However,
>>>
>>> I often realized that the switch itself is the culprit.
>>> Hardened and rotten grease inside raises resistance, even if the wiring
>>> is okay´ish.
>>>
>>> I replaced my switches just a couple of days ago, with VW Polo switches
>>> (red lit, otherwise almost the same) from 2010. Also available green-lit
>>> before 2010.
>>> 6K* or 6N* or 191* part numbers (yes, Golf2).
>>>
>>> Windows run almost perfectly!
>>>
>>> You US guys probably will have troubles finding these switches though.
>>>
>>> The UK "brickwerks" switches (and other vendors) sell China-Quantum
>>> switches brandnew. They need a little resoldering of the rear wires, but
>>> work fine.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Raimund
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 27.08.2017 um 20:07 schrieb Stacy Schneider:
>>>> Because the stock wiring is a mess and if you are not really careful it
>>>> ends up being caught in the mechanism as well as the wires break in the
>>>> door jam.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                                 Stacy
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 10:44 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Why would people wish to relocate them?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yrs,
>>>>> d
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Aug 27, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>            Any where you put them other then the door panel is
>>>>>> uncomfortable. I always advise that you double up some masking tape
>> and put
>>>>>> it on the dash where you intend to out the switches
>>>> --
>>>>     1989 Swedish Tristar with Aluminum gates and Atiwe 16" Wheels.
>>>>      Oldest son is an Eagle scout.
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>>
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