Fuel change over switch
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sounds like the plastic locking cam broke off inside the switch. Best to replace the switch.
First step is to order a good used switch from David at www.everydayxj.com
First step is to order a good used switch from David at www.everydayxj.com
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While you wait on a replacement a little folded piece of paper in the gap on the switch did the trick for me, swapping the switches can be iffy but take your time and you will be fine.
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Sorry, was away for a couple of days. Here is a pic of the zip ties holding the electrical connections together. As you know, poor electrical connections cause many bad and hard to find problems. Especially if they are intermittent. I made a career in the computer industry back in the day of second generation computers with printed circuit boards with the gold connectors. Pull card, clean connectors; problem go away.
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Gently prise the old switch assembly out from its holder. It's only being held in by two pins as you can see from my pic above. Then unplug both of the old plugs. If it were me, I would tab a bit of dielectric grease on the probes in the new switch, then plug the two plugs in. I would also zip tie the assembly like you see in the pic above. Gently push the whole assembly back into the plastic holders. Done. The saying that helps me remember which tank is which (the lit arrows are of no use - too dim) is : "Left-In; Out-right"
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For some reason, the factory workers sometimes installed the switches and spread the spring steel mount retainers 'OUT' so the switch will NOT come out by prying.
I have had to remove the veneer and use long-nose pliers to bend the spring steel 'wings' back in to remove the switches.
Don't know why but I have had to do this DOZENS of times when I worked on the old sedans everyday for a living.
I have had to remove the veneer and use long-nose pliers to bend the spring steel 'wings' back in to remove the switches.
Don't know why but I have had to do this DOZENS of times when I worked on the old sedans everyday for a living.
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