Re: Help needed now - Brake light switch

["K. Valentine" <kevin@valentinephoto.net>]

On Feb 25, 2006, at 3:20 PM, Bud Osbourne wrote:

> OOPS!!  Belay the disassembly!  I just remembered that I never even  
> had to
> take the Lucas switch apart.  I just kept loading it up with Gibbs
> Penetrant, until it was freed-up, and the corrosion dissolved  
> (internal AND
> external).  It was that simple.  It was the CHINK switch that I  
> took apart,
> to check it out.  As I remember, the Chinks apparently decided to save
> production costs by not employing any solder.  It was the lousy  
> compression
> connections which were causing the trouble.  You can fix them, but,  
> then
> you've STILL got a POS Chink switch, that's just gonna find yet  
> ANOTHER way
> to fail.  So, spend your time and effort on the old Lucas stuff.   
> It's far,
> far better quality than anything the Chinks are ever gonna dump on us,
> through Moss or VB.
Bud,

Larry was looking for a switch to install in the car immediately, he  
was 90 miles away from me and had broken the switch while removing  
it.    I wasn't in a position to help him repair the switch or give  
him the spare I have on the shelf ;(

I have successfully rebuilt several Lucas stop light switches by  
taking them apart, repairing and then crimping them back together.   
(It can be done ;)

I'd rather repair the original Lucas parts than buy the "new" (made  
in India) Lucas green boxed stuff ;)

Kevin

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