2025-09-30 Headlight and Fog Switches

In this post, I am not going into great detail about the refurbishment of the fog and the headlight switch.  The procedure was the same, for the most part, as the hazard switch.  

Fog Switch 

Before even pulling it apart, there is evidence of it not being in good shape.  

Now, some parts cleaner and a rub down to get rid of most of the crap.   Then used a scotch-brite pad and more parts cleaner.

This looks so much better.  All the components were put back together with dielectric grease. The switch face itself needed some cleaning 

You have no clue who, or what, is on them.  They are dirty and need cleaning.  Again, parts cleaner and scotch-bite to clean the dirt.  The next step was to use Meguiar's Ultimate Compound and rub it clean and polish it up.

And cleaning the outer frame and reassembling.  Good to be back in service

Headlight Switch

The next to tackle was the headlight switch.  The outer case where the locking tabs are is broken, still there, but broken.  Needed to be a little ginger with it.  Again, dirty and dried grease, etc.  

How many years of dirt, etc, on this switch?  Obviously, the most used of the three.  

Dirty and oxidized

These were stuck in the switch from the dried grease.  They got pulled, and the springs and plungers got cleaned and greased up

This switch, again, like the others, needed a good cleaning.  The front head needed careful cleaning.  Unlike the TR3a switches, where I could dig out the old white paint and redo it, this is much more challenging.  Decided to simply clean the face.  Again, parts cleaner to get rid of the dirt, and using a pick to very, very gently dig out the dirt from the face.   Then the compound is used to polish and seal.  I think it is an improvement.  Digging out more would be paint.  

Dash Panel

All the switches are clean, the dash panel black tape was replaced that was used to hold the light bar in place :-P  It looks like there are grease marks on the panel, yes, and they were whipped clean :)

Conclusion 

Hazards: Works perfectly 

Fog: The rear fog light indicator activated when switched on.  This never happened. So good???

Headlights: They still work, but now they will not flip down????   Did I misassemble the switch?  The panel is not screwed back in, so I may have to pull the switch apart again :-(  

Indicators:  They still didn't work after this, but did manage to find the flasher unit.  It got replaced with an electronic one. I HAVE INDICATORS!   They worked when I test drove the car.  I guess the unit just gave up