Gerald Morris
Senior Member
A little warning to purchasers of newly made turn signal switches for Saginaw steering columns: BE WARY OF DIRECT SUN! About a month ago, the right turn signal on Gertrude ceased function when switching for it. Yestereve, so did the Left signal. I checked the flashers, and the lights all blinked well enough via the emergency switch, so, this morning I opened the column, and LO! the little metal contact tabs in the switch body had come loose! One fell down where I could pick it out with needle nosed pliers. I tested the turn signals with a jumper and test light while I had the column open up top, and it works when contact is made just fine.
I HATE paying over a damn C-note for something that will come apart in the heat in just under 2 years!!!!! There things are made in country too, but it shows that bad design and hung over workers can excrete bad product here just as well as can our asiatic peers.
I ordered another damned switch, not having time to twiddle with my customary home-grown repairs and improvements on this one, though, when I extract THIS switch, I plan to REPAIR IT AND DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY!!! This **** isn't difficult, just time consuming, and that is the ONE resource I lack until after early November, when we will all know if Civilization will fall or not.
I'm now going to also shop for a MOPAR MADE steering column for our '68 Newport. I've seen them around. I prefer to keep my Mopars uncontaminated by GM excrescence when at all possible.
I HATE paying over a damn C-note for something that will come apart in the heat in just under 2 years!!!!! There things are made in country too, but it shows that bad design and hung over workers can excrete bad product here just as well as can our asiatic peers.
I ordered another damned switch, not having time to twiddle with my customary home-grown repairs and improvements on this one, though, when I extract THIS switch, I plan to REPAIR IT AND DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY!!! This **** isn't difficult, just time consuming, and that is the ONE resource I lack until after early November, when we will all know if Civilization will fall or not.
I'm now going to also shop for a MOPAR MADE steering column for our '68 Newport. I've seen them around. I prefer to keep my Mopars uncontaminated by GM excrescence when at all possible.