My ignition switch on my '07 is going on the fritz. I have ti wiggle it to get the fuel pump to click over. So I need a new one. The retail for an OEM HD switch is $75! I've seen switches for $25.

I do not want to relocate the switch and coil. Is there an alternative or aftermarket switch that will work on the stock bracket in the stock location so I don't have to do any modifications or relocate the switch?

Thanks

 

Get an OEM from Surdyke.

 

That's still $60 lol

 

How cheap can you be? Used, off eBay?

 

Hey! I'm a cheap SOB. Why should I have to pay $60 for a $25 piece just because it'll fit in the stock location?

 

How about to save you the time and effort of fabricating a housing to accept the new $60.00 Key Switch. Frankly, 35 dollars sounds cheap to me concerning the potential time and aggravation involved. But hay, that's just me. It could easily cost much more then $35.00 to have a mechanic install a cheaper non-HD switch.

Anyway, I guess we all have our priorities and if you are confident of your mechanical ability go for it.

I just noticed that you are a veteran of the Submarine Service. My guess is that you could make a new switch with an empty Pepsi can and six inches of electrical tape. Sorry about questioning your mechanical ability and I thank you for your service.


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You're doing the next owner a disservice by Mickey Mousing it.

 

All joking aside, you seem to be familiar with what it takes to earn the Dolphin pin. Being a NUB had it's moments but it does sort of prepare one for almost any contingency.

I suppose I'm handy enough but don't want to jury rig something that would look half-assed.

 

I never had one out and in my hand, but does the switch look the least bit serviceable?

Case in point...years ago I was handed down a '68 Pontiac, and after a few months the ignition switch was crapping out. I went everywhere looking for one, even the original manufacturer, and it was a no-go. And this wasn't the typical ignition switch; there were 5, 6, or more contacts in the damn thing ['can't remember, it's been many years], and with nothing to lose I twisted the pot metal tabs away from the plastic housing it was attached to and it came apart. After a quick look inside I found the problem...there was a semi circular contact with three raised **** on it that was under spring pressure, but the springs had lost their sprang and the contact had lost a number of it's **** [they were worn flat like a Mom's ***** after breast feeding three kids, LOL]. So I gently re tit'd the raised contacts with a small drift pin/block of wood, and made new springs out of those you'd find in a ball point pen, put it back together, and voila', va-freakin'-room!

So if it's able to be disassembled do so and see if you can surmise the problem, and hopefully you can fix/repair it; if not, oh well...we gotz to shell out a few sheckles every once in a while to git 'er done right.

=8^)

 

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