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Hey Trum, as 1715 said, these are some of the simplest switches in the world. If you take them apart and clean them up there is a very good chance they will work properly for you.
If not, I had one that was broken to pieces, so I replaced mine with a generic switch found at a computer supply store like Altex. They had an assortment of them.
As you can see in the picture, I lengthened the bolt that operates the "up" switch because I have the low profile lights from Kirk Evans that don't have to open as far. You can bend the tab and make them just like stock if you want to. I put these on when factory ones were not available just to get me through inspection, etc. It's been 12 years now and they still work fine.
I did have to do some bending of the lever on the other limit switch, but don't have a good picture of it.
I think the switches cost something like $7.50 each. I haven't seen a reason to go back to the expensive ones as these have worked so good for so long.
Good luck,
Mike

p.s. Forgive the dust, I've just been for a drive

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