If you add a little corrosion inhibing, high dielectric grease to the contacts, you won't have to clean them quite so frequently. Krytox is a good brand.
Herman
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by XJRpilot:
thats an easy one, i remove and clean mine.
it sure beats 15bucks apiece for them. its simple to do:
using a small flat screwdriver, carefully insert it about a few hair lengths away midpoint between the rocker switch and the body(next to the pivot nibs). pry off the switch but be careful not to lose the springs. (i do mine over a sheet on the dining room table).
put the springs back in the hole on the plastic nibby and then on the rocker switch and set aside.
if you look inside the switch you will see two copper "see/saws". remember how they fit. only one way. its a no brainer. notice the little dimples on the underside? thats the contact point. thats where most of your corrosion is. clean the metal with rubbing alchohol, then sand lightly
with emery paper or 500grit sandpaper. make the "see/saws" shine. after cleaning the 'seesaws", turn your attention to the copper contacts that the see/saws contact with when they
rock back and forth. clean them well. i use a dremel with a light abrasive tip. you dont want to grind them down though( just a dremel happy person warning!!)
after all is clean, reassemble.
last, clean the pins in the same manner.
getting the rocker back on is a bit of a challenge, patience is the answer. remember that the switchs should all be installed the same way.
(if the window went down when you pushed the switch down, and now it goes up, just just remove the switch, rotate and reinsert. your switchs will be like new. i got 4 switchs from a parts car and i keep them as spares. you can figure out after reconditioning 4 switchs, that you saved yourself 60 bucks.
anything else i can help you with, let me know.
as with all/most british cars inoperable electrics are usually a bad ground or bad contact. (corrosion). lucas components are pretty reliable actually.<hr></blockquote>