[Healeys] windshield wiper switch

[Tom]

Greg,

Thanks!  The contact cleaner I sprayed in was acting as a lubricant, and
after the cleaner evaporated, the switch wouldn't work.  I opened the
switch, applied some lubricam, and now the switch works perfectly.

- Tom



On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Greg Lemon <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:

> If you pry off the back cover there are usually a couple plates that
> toggle back and forth to make contact and are attached to springs, which
> supply the force that causes them to flip and make the clicking sound when
> you flip the switch, I have successfully taken these types of switches
> apart and fixed them, and I have also ended up with broken unusable bits,
> but worth a try, it is small parts,  fiddly type work.
>
> Greg Lemon
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Tom" <ah3000me at gmail.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 6:33 PM
> To: "Healey Mail List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] windshield wiper switch
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> I got caught in the rain last week with my 66 BJ8, and I found myself
>> wrestling with a tempermental windshield wiper switch.
>>
>> Back in the garage, I found that spraying a bit of electric contact
>> cleaner
>> down the front of the switch will make it work properly.  The switch made
>> a
>> sharp click noise when turned on or off, and the wipers turned on or off
>> as
>> they should.   But a half-hour later, there's no noise when I turn the
>> switch to the on position, and the wipers do not work.
>>
>> Can these switches be cleaned and made to work properly?
>>
>> thanks,
>>
>> Tom
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