[Tigers] Ignition Switch

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Sat May 18 08:05:31 MDT 2013


Jay,
If you have a can of contact cleaner I would suggest spraying every  
electrical part that has to carry any juice.
Mark L
 
 
In a message dated 5/18/2013 9:49:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
jay.laifman at gmail.com writes:

I pulled  apart my ignition switch.  It was pretty easy.  As indicated,  
just
pry out two of the points on the can that are pressed in, hold towel  to 
finger
to stop bleeding from screwdriver slipping out of indentation  point and 
into
the finger, put switch in vice, lightly clamping around nut,  and finish 
last
indentation point.

Put in key, press ice pick in  hole in side to release lock barrel.

Pull apart.

The switch is  much more beefy than I expected.  It has a strong spring and 
is
built  of large, thick metal for contacts.  I'm actually kind of surprised  
that
it has any issue.  But, I've cleaned it up and sanded all the  contacts.  I
basically put a piece of fine sandpaper in between each  of the three 
contact
points and rotated the sandpaper back and forth, and  rotated the contact to
each of the three positions to get each one.   This probably makes no sense
unless you have one open in your hands.   I was thinking of dremel, but 
none of
my attachments are small enough to  fit in there.

I'm also cleaning and sanding the tabs out the back that  the wires attach  
to.
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