In my case (MGB) it was a burnt contact and a slight wiggle of the keys
would move the contacts slightly enough move the contacts from a good
place
to a not so good place. When switches get old stuff happens.
A better
switch would help but Purchasing makes too many decisions.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Randall <TR3driver@ca.rr.com>
To: triumphs
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat, Aug 16, 2014 8:57 am
Subject: Re: [TR]
Not TR - MGB
> I had a dodgy switch on my MGB (back in the day) and on my
TR6. And
> I
> hear GM has had some issues as well.
I find it amusing
that the GM problem was actually a deliberate design
change,
to make the
switch easier to turn. Marketing felt
that the old switch was too "notchy"
and felt cheap. The "issue" is
that the
weight of big wads of keys can
actually turn the
modified switch. So it was the marketing requirement that
was
defective, not
the switch.
But engineering will still get blamed, as
usual.
Randall
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