Re: IML: 1960 ?Map Light switch ?& Power ?Antenna switch

[RandalPark@xxxxxxx]

Yes, you could rebuild them. I have successfully taken two of them apart and made them work. My skill level is probably not like yours, and I didn't really have the right tools. The trick is that there are several little pieces (springs, contacts, and a shaft or two) that come loose as soon as the switch is disassembled. The backing is made out of the same material as the early '60s power window switches, only thinner. It seems rather fragile, but could probably be recreated, along with the electrical connection included with it, by a skilled person. The cast bezel can be re-crimped in a different place (although a second or third rebuild would run out of "crimp-able" material) to hold the backing in place and the switch together. Using your ingenuity to come up with a better way of holding it together would be good. The biggest problem with the switch is that it can come apart while it is in the dash, due to the fragile backing and they way it is fastened together. If this happens, the pieces inside the switch can become lost, but again, a skilled person can probably make the little parts that are needed to repair the switch. 

Paul

In a message dated 9/22/2004 2:00:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Elijah Scott <imperial1971@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

>--- Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Beware that this item is an achilles' heel on the
>> 1960 and is specific/exclusive to this year.
>> Elijah Scott has an ad in the services offered
>> section of the club classifieds. ?He rebuilds window
>> switches and may be able to assist? 
>
>I haven't seen one of these switches before, but I
>believe I could rebuild them. ?If anyone is
>interested, please feel free to contact me at
>Imperial1971@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>Thanks,
>
>Elijah
>
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