Starting the 1.8L Sport!

[fixkick]

i have the most faith in taking a switch apart and repairing the contacts inside. as many do to the PRNDL.

im not sure how easy that is on the key switch. ( i look for rivets and drill them out, the use small screws and loctite to reAssemble the switch)


ive even gone as far as , taking them apart and using silver solder to patch the contact holes.

been there done that.

if you can post a photo of this hack, I love hacks, i mean that in good way. Love to see solutions , of any kind.
after all some folks are in great need of a running car, and no store in 100 miles has the part (suzuki disease i call this...)
nor can you wait a week for rockauto to ship part or wait 10 days after a 3 day holiday. (like today)

my only photo,
i had my tumbler re KEYed, (old was worn too bad to work right) by a pro key shop, (took it in)
my guess is you slotted hole with arrow and set a bias to the switch.

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i think this switch is heat welded, with no screws. or rivets in switch, making it near impossible to fix.

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btw , ford got sued, for this part failing, (in the news, NOW) CLASS ACTION AND FED.

seems loss of power steering and loss of ABS, people crash.
not me, i assume it's fill fail at any time and was trained to do that. in the old days, (points and carbs) cars stalled all the time. so is natural for us to react correctly
seems not today. Drivers ED. bad.


I taught me wife to drive and this was DAY one, CLASS.
how to drive a stalled engine, car, see how the brakes get hard, DON'T panic. etc. same with manual steering,
AND HOW TO unwind 4wd. etc.

so please tell your loved ones the car might stall at any time.
even demo it. stall it but do not lock the steering, moving,...
off road.