Cheap power window switches,..73
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Melting Slicks
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From: Austin TX
Cheap power window switches,..73
On my 73, I'm about to replace my 3rd power window switch in the last 18 months; two on the drivers' side, now one on the passenger's. I've been using the $20~ repo sold from the usual catalog companies.
Changing the switches is a bit of a time-suck and I'd like to find a quality switch that will last a long time.
Would I be better off using a good used original? Or is there a better repo out there?
Please advise and thanks!
Changing the switches is a bit of a time-suck and I'd like to find a quality switch that will last a long time.
Would I be better off using a good used original? Or is there a better repo out there?
Please advise and thanks!
Former Vendor
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
I should have originals but boy they are high priced. http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...ducts_id=27890
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DUB
Burning Brakes
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When you use the sw, do you hang onto the sw for a second longer once the window has reached it's stop? Once the motor has stalled, the current rises a lot which the sw may not be able to handle.
Steve L
73 coupe since new
Steve L
73 coupe since new
Racer
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From: Oakville ON
it does not take much fuzz and lint and other stuff to get into the switches and begin to tarnish the contacts...and once a few arcs of current add more deformity to the terminals...there you go...heat build up and failure in the spring contacts and the way they make contact.nDUB
Try getting an older swich and doing that. Willcox's price is in line.
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Former Vendor
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Not to cut a sales.... but for years we would take the switches apart and fix them. You can get the bottom board out of the switch with ease. The outer housing is pot metal and you need to un-crimp the steak marks to do so. Once you get the switch open, inside you will find a set of contact points and in most cases you can file these with a point file, re-install, re-crimp and the switch is good as gold. (the contacts are closed either way by a lobe on the bottom of the flip lever in the switch).
Maybe I should re-visit the video camera and do one... Food for thought.
Willcox
Maybe I should re-visit the video camera and do one... Food for thought.
Willcox