davek9

Before I drill... I have a broken wire to the door pin switch on an '85, it wasn't working and the Window relay was staying active until I opened the passenger door
Question:
Is there any access to the compartment where I can retrieve the broken wire, the pin switch hole is too small for my bore scope and grabber claw.
Else thinking of drilling a 1/2"-13mm hole to find and manipulate the broken wire.

Thanks in advance,

Dave K

depami

Are you sure the wire is broken?
I just had the same problem and discovered that if I "flicked" the switch it worked.
So I sprayed into it liberally with Deoxit and exercised it several times and now it's fine.

davek9

yep pulled the switch, no wire connected, else the post.

The Forgotten On

Pretty sure you can access the wire from inside of the car.

85euro928

While fixing the door switch I dropped the wires inside the pillar. Fished them out with a piece if baling wire. Wasn't easy but I couldn't find another option.

Mrmerlin

get a piece of mechanics wire,
put a tight U in it push it into the pin switch hole and start fishing,
I guess it takes you 3 mins to hook it

davek9

Was hoping there was a hole behind the Hatch release, pulled apart a parts car, no luck

davek9

Thank you Stan, I'll give that a try, hopefully wire is long enough to pull out of the hole
I've had dirty pin switches, never one without a wire connected to it.

Dave K

Turbo930

The wire comes from the inside of the car It travels thru the side panel right behind the lower part of the dash. You should see a brown and white wire go thru the side panel and this should connect to the door switch. It may be hidden behind the carpet on the side panel but should be easy to locate. The hardest part is fishing it back thru the two holes to attach the new switch. I can send you a picture if it would help.
Jeff T

Guy

If memory serves, it enters a small black grommet under the side carpet. I have had luck using a stiff piece of wire to reinsert it

depami

86.5 with dash removed.

Driver side:




Passenger side:

davek9

Thank you all for the replies and suggestions
And thank you Stan for Fishing lesson, I was like Wow.. it took only a few tries and I caught it!
Scratch another repair from the list on this 245k mile 1985 manual
Also that week I replaced the HVAC Head unit (blower now works), Fixed the Fog Lights by replacing the X Buss relay as suggested in another thread.

Zirconocene

That's a good looking shark. Extra kudos on the caliper color.

Cheers