Stephen Porter

While vacuuming my '89 NA last week, I somehow knocked the switch cover (the plastic part with the "Up" and "Down" arrows off one of the two switches on my driver's power seat. I'm pretty sure that I snapped a plastic part off because a) the switch plate/cover won't snap back into the switch body and b) I can see a white plastic piece lying flat on the inside of the switch "body."

The only thing I have come up with so far is to find a replacement switch. They are obscenely ($200) expensive on eBay. There are a couple of used one (see pic below) that I might get lucky with.

Note: I don't need any of the extra parts in the pic-the only thing that is broken is one of the face-plate "covers" on the switch.

I thought I would check here to see if I might be overlooking a simpler, cheaper fix?

TIA.

Grandpa#3

Super Glue to the rescue!!!! Try and get Industrial Strength it should work on the switch plastic.

Cheers,
Larry

Stephen Porter

That might work....if there's some way to take the switch body apart. But it looks sealed to me. Or maybe I'll just super-glue the cover on--I don't really need to actually work. Seat is adjusted the way I like it now.

STP

Andyzboy

First post here, I might be able to help though. Recently inherited my grandpas 944, one switch was broken like yours I think. Ended up drilling a small hole through the broken plate and into the switch rocker (or whatever you'd call it) and using a tiny screw to attach it. I can post a picture of it, I don't think super glue would cut it as the contact point is tiny. Since then both switches decided to fail electronically, replaced them with some generic ones I got online. Go figure.