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79WestyinVermont Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2013 Posts: 36 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 10:04 am Post subject: Source for quality ignition / electric switch? |
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Can anyone recommend a vendor who stocks a quality plastic electric ignition switch for a 79 Westy ? Someone mentioned quality/fit issues and I only hope to do the job once.
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vwwestyman Samba Member
Joined: April 24, 2004 Posts: 5688 Location: Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 10:08 am Post subject: Re: Source for quality ignition / electric switch? |
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I think this is the one I used in my '78
http://www.busdepot.com/171905865
Years ago, the coil came loose and rotated around, which shorted the +15 wire from the switch. Also fried the original ignition switch.
Somehow, that seems to have also damaged the function of the lock slightly. Well, I tried a bunch of aftermarket switches and none ever worked.
This one finally let me remove the push button system I had for my starter for a long time. _________________ Dave Cook
President, Wild Westerner Club
1978 Champagne Edition Westy, repowered to '97 Jetta TDI
1973 Wild Westerner
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79WestyinVermont Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2013 Posts: 36 Location: Vermont
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Posted: Fri May 19, 2017 10:51 am Post subject: Re: Source for quality ignition / electric switch? |
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Thanks WestyMan, I ordered the OEM German part from them, along with a new foam engine seal. |
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TDCTDI Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013 Posts: 12850 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2017 4:36 am Post subject: Re: Source for quality ignition / electric switch? |
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FWIW, that switch was used in the water cooled cars well into the 90s in Golfs & Jettas _________________ Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
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