Wiper Rocker Switch

I understand the same switch is used in Jaguars and other English make cars. Maybe find a salvage yard that has English cars or stop by a Auto-Electric Repair shop and show the switch and ask the guy.

Please let us know what you find out.

Got caught in the rain, did ya? Can be a BAD Experience Panterrible! Even after you get home safely, spending hours on the side of the road, waiting for it to stop raining w/o wipers. Been there, done that.

Check for mud behind the splash shields, this holds moisture for days and thus accelerates rust 300-400% in those areas. I hosed mine out with an air gun, dusty project....

Let us know about the switch solution.

Ron

Thanks Ron. I will check on the english cars...I will try to epoxy it back together in the meantime. Any other ideas or parts? Anyone?

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Originally posted by Panterrible:
Any other ideas or parts? Anyone?

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Panterrible, check www.ebay.com because once in a while guys are selling stuff like that. You know, the guys who want a new switch because the chrome is not perfect on their old switch. Sometimes you can get a deal. I paid $20+S&H for a headlight switch.

But to get the real fix, you're gonna have to do the Lucas electrics modification to off load power to your switches. See www.panteraplace.com search technical site, look under electrical systems, Relay Modification. That's the reason your switch was epoxied back together to begin with. Too much current going thru the switch. ALL the switches.

If you don't do the relay modification, you'll sacrifice reliability and have to keep changing one switch after another, and they're expensive.

My wiper switch fell apart too. It is easily refurbed and reassembled if you have all the parts. Inside there is only a small plastic block with a c-shaped brass piece that goes around the plastic part. The two switch halves then snap together or could be glued.

Just my experience