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r. defrost switch silliness 200 1983

posted by  kevhito on  Mon Jan 24 07:07 CST 2005
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I haven't seen the momentary rocker. (This is a 240DL, btw, not a 245) The original one was a lighted rocker, but not momentary. The light in the bottom half of the rocker was this kind of clever setup with only one ground (I think) terminal, and the second terminal was a little metal tab hidden inside the plastic switch itself.

The second one I melted (from an '85, I think) was a non-momentary-rocker type too, with a light, but had two terminals instead of the prone-to-melting little metal tab inside. Thus I have no light hooked up, and can't even tell if it is on or not, although I think it is not.

The overdrive is fine, though, so its not the fuse. I'll take a look at the wiring to see if there is a timer or current limiter somewhere.

My new best theory now is that the new back window has larger (and so lower resistance) demister wires painted on than the original.

Thanks,
Kevin






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