Re:164 seat switches

[C M Smith <cmsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

These usually respond to a liberal spraying with electrical contact 
cleaner. I've used Radio Shack's tape and head cleaner successfully.

Also, easier than mucking around with direct power, is simply swapping the 
appropriate switch from the passenger seat. If you only need to adjust the 
seat once (one driver?) then adjust the seat, return the switch to the 
passenger side and leave the fore and aft switch on the driver's side 
unplugged.

To do a proper job of spraying contact cleaner into the switch it's best to 
carefully disassemble it. The switch actuator button is just plastic with 
two nubs on the sides that key into holes in the switch body. A little 
careful prying of the sides of the switch body gets the button off. Then 
the comical little plastic dust guard (totally ineffective I'd say) just 
peels back, spray until a bit of cleaner drips out the bottom, re stick the 
plastic sheet and snap the button back in.

To remove the seat switches is also easy. One screw in the side of the seat 
molding the switches are mounted in and two on the end of the seat rail 
accessed from the rear footwell area. Lift and then pop the switches out 
from underneath after unplugging the connectors.

Cheers

Michael


Michael Smith
White 1991 164L
Original owner
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