Bob Stein Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 The courtesy light switch for my 1941 Packard 1900 is deformed by age to the point it takes enough force to operate that it could easily break, not to mention a sagging appearance. (I wish I could fix my own sagging appearance so easily). I located what appeared to be an identical NOS switch on eBay (others available) for $20 and ordered it. When I pulled the Packard switch out, I discovered that instead of one wire going to ground, it has two wires. The NOS switch had a brass strip to the grounding rivet, so I carefully drilled out the rivet and bent the grounding strip up. I had to use an Exacto knife to cut the plastic alongside the strip to free it. A #4 x 1/4 brass screw and nut was added to secure the wire. I did use a bit of electrical tape as security, through the improvised contact is only slightly taller than the original. However, the new switch works easily and looks really good. I have found the single-contact light switches in tan as well on Ebay, but was really happy to get the correct blue. That's it. As noted, a piddly Packard project, but still an improvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_P Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Bob - with all the corona induced piddly Packard projects, might I suggest you start a project blog? I'm enjoying reading all of your updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Stein Posted April 21, 2020 Author Share Posted April 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ken_P said: Bob - with all the corona induced piddly Packard projects, might I suggest you start a project blog? I'm enjoying reading all of your updates! Hiya, Ken! Actually, I started a blog 21 years ago - here is the link to the one on my Packard: http://www.caroholic.com/41_packard.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_P Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, Bob Stein said: Hiya, Ken! Actually, I started a blog 21 years ago - here is the link to the one on my Packard: http://www.caroholic.com/41_packard.htm Ah! Didn't know - now I'm tracking. Looks like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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