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Door contact switches 700 1992

posted by  Number 77 on  Fri Jan 14 16:56 CST 2005
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Changing these out seems to be very straightforward...however, does that rubber boot that fits over the switch have to be aligned a certain way for the switch to work consistently? A switch I just purchased new for the driver's side door has been wrecked a second time due to having to constantly nudge it or pull on it to be effective. I noticed that if I moved the way the rubber boot around the switch was mounted, the appropriate dome lights would come on. Also, are the 700/900 switches interchangable?
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From the '87 245 to the '92 745...Number 77 keeps it rollin'.








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    Door contact switches 700 1992

    posted by  Steve on  Sat Jan 15 03:44 CST 2005
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    New switches do not come with rubber boots. You can rebuild the old switches, which invariably corrode inside from water ingress or at the ground point where the screw both secures and ground the switch. Clean them up, protect with silicone dielectric grease, and reinstall.








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    Door contact switches 700 1992

    uid 27's pic
    posted by  Art Benstein on  Fri Jan 14 17:05 CST 2005
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    Did your switch come with a new rubber boot?
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      Door contact switches 700 1992

      posted by  Number 77 on  Fri Jan 14 17:15 CST 2005
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      That it didn't. It was just the switch itself.
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      From the '87 245 to the '92 745...Number 77 keeps it rollin'.








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        Door contact switches 700 1992

        uid 27's pic
        posted by  Art Benstein on  Fri Jan 14 17:31 CST 2005
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        I was hoping you'd tell me you did, as I find the trouble to be more often the boot than the switch, and I haven't yet taken the time to bother a dealer parts person over what seems like trivia.

        The boots shrink and get stiff, so the things (at least on my 240s) work so much better without the boots -- for a while. Until they get water inside.

        Newer 240 types have a hole in the boot that mates with a button on the end of the switch. I scarf them from 92+ in the yard when I see them. Can't offer any specifics on the 700 switch - maybe it is the same, I don't know.



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          Door contact switches 700 1992

          posted by  Number 77 on  Sat Jan 15 02:39 CST 2005
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          The one on the left looks like the switch that goes in the 740, down to the boot.
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          Door contact switches 700 1992

          posted by  interstition on  Sat Jan 15 02:21 CST 2005
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          200 and 700 switches and boots (at least up to about 1990)are identical. Can't say about 900s.
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          Andy in St. Paul. '89 244 147K mi, '91 745 Regina 202K, '87 245 lost to rust at 225K







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