MBMB

How are the plunger switches (doors, glove box) supposed to connect to the wires? Crimp? Solder?

SteveG

Mark: I've not had the GTS glove box out, but on the earlier mods, there is a female spade connector crimped to the lead wire. Somebody (could have been me) broke the connection or wire. IIRC, I soldered it back on. Overkill. Or maybe I couldn't get a tool in there. I think part of my reasoning was to lengthen the lead.

Landseer

They are crimped and soldered.

When I retro them, I always cut the wire, take the switch to the vice, completely disassemble and clean them. I bend open the criimp, melt out the solder, and clean. Also, bend open the crimp on the plastic stud so I can disassemble and clean the beveled contact surface with a dremel wire brush.



Installation is tricky due to being cramped, but I solder them back in. Sometimes I solder a jumper to the switch, then connect to the wire stub in the door frame with a combinations crimp/solder/shrink connector.

To keep the short brown/white wire from disappearing into the door frame, I clamp them with little vice grips or a hemostat.

The door frame threads also get real corroded and rusty. Tricky to clean well with that brown/white where there. If you grind off the insulation, it can short against the body later.

Sometimes I'll tie something to the wire, pull it through the back, and then clean the door threads more aggressively.

So, ask me what time it is. I'll tell you how to build a clock.

WallyP

So, ask me what time it is. I'll tell you how to build a clock.
Landseer

But this is exactly what a new owner needs to know. Good post!