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As in everything, the Lucas limiting microswitches are corrosin-prone. But by removing the two tiny mounting screws, the switch top comes off and Radio Shack Contact Cleaner can be sprayed inside, directly on the switch contacts. This often fixes things. Another possibility is the connection on the drive motor- for reasons I've never understood (probably having to do with reversing the motor direction) both the ground and hot wires to the drive motor are insulated, and one uses a phenolic bushing with a brass splice-connector to both retain the wire and to solidly mount the motor. The phenolic sometimes weathers enough to soak up water and introduce a partial short. Its complicaed a little because the wire pig-tail coming from the motor is extremely short in length. I unplugged the wire from the phenolic bushing, junked the brass connector and zip-tied the wire, so the bolt is now just a motor mount. FYI- the motor & gearbox is identical to the window lifts, and the same plastic gear breakage occurs. When replacing the door lift gears with brass, I suggest also replacing the headlight lift gear with a brass one.