quote:THEN found out it was a Normally Closed switch!!
Actually, it is a normally open switch.
At least it was when it left the factory.
What happens after that, especially with Panteras, is anyone's guess.
I continually fail to understand the logic to explain why an owner would modify a permanent part of one's car, such as a drilled-out selector housing cover, when a correct vendor-supplied part is readily available.
We are caretakers of our cars. They will live long after we are dust.
I'd hate to be the future owner who needed to replace this Pantera's back-up switch, then ordered a factory correct switch only to find what he somehow needs to replace is something (made by who?, on what cars?, what years?) entirely different, and "drastically modified". Should that hurdle be conquered, then he will find the altered wiring and need to figure THAT out.
Roland in Germany no doubt stocks this switch. Most likely OEM quality.
Lot of good that will do a future owner of a Pantera with a Triumph switch.
Flame suit on.
Larry
SOBill diagram showing the switch closed WHEN the selector is in reverse and has depressed the switch plunger.
When a momentary switch (one that automatically returns to its previous position when released) is labeled NO (normally open) that means when it is taken from it's packaging, sitting bare in your hand, the LINE and LOAD terminals of that switch are not internally connected and are not closing a circuit.
A NO momentary switch will only conduct current when it is depressed.
A NC (normally closed) momentary switch will STOP conducting current when it is depressed.
