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Synchro909 · 10-28-2022, 07:53 PM

I had a similar problem with one of those after market ignition switches - the kind with two terminals at the back and no armoured cable. The end cap at the back where the terminals are was lose in the die cast housing - the swage was not tight. Putting pressure on the terminals gave a reliable connection so I held pressure there while I forced in some epoxy putty around the edge of the lose cover. Once it had cured, I had a reliable switch that is still there many tens of thousands of miles later but boy oh boy, did it give me grief till I found the $%^&

10-28-2022, 07:53 PM	#12
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,555	Re: Help..trying to get a 31 Phaeton going again I had a similar problem with one of those after market ignition switches - the kind with two terminals at the back and no armoured cable. The end cap at the back where the terminals are was lose in the die cast housing - the swage was not tight. Putting pressure on the terminals gave a reliable connection so I held pressure there while I forced in some epoxy putty around the edge of the lose cover. Once it had cured, I had a reliable switch that is still there many tens of thousands of miles later but boy oh boy, did it give me grief till I found the $%^& __________________ I'm part of the only ever generation with an analogue childhood and a digital adulthood.