1984 308GTS headlight switch repair how to with pictures

Hi everyone,
I was doing some work on a friends 1984 308 and one of the repairs needed was the headlight switch. When you twisted the switch the headlight would work intermittently or sometimes not at all. So I decided to give it a try fixing the problem. When I took the end of the stalk off I found that the copper contact had completely broken off and someone had tried to bend what was left to make it work. The second picture is what it is supposed to look like. I used a copper pipe clamp and fabbed new contacts that I soldered onto the broken switch contacts. I left the ends long so I could trim them back and make adjustments. The fitment of the barrel at the end of the stalk is tricky, not much leeway between getting the contacts the right length and being able to snap the keeper ring at the open end back on. It took me about 3 hours but it works like new now!



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