[DeTomaso] H/L microswitch

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/7/13 15 30 49, mazdastuff at yahoo.com writes:


> It's a standard switch for a Pantera...but because the rad mounts and/or 
> chassis is slightly tweaked its causing a problem.  I could use a lay down 
> kit but I am going to attempt a front mount ac condenser.  If I cannot find 
> a proper switch I will modify the lay down brackets so I can adjust the 
> angle as needed.
> 

>>>There's a bunch of Rube Goldberg engineering going on in the photo you 
sent.   There is some BS homemade bracket holding a microswitch in the wrong 
position????

You see the two tiny bolts that hold the bracket to the plate that the 
headlight motor mounts to?   THAT is where the microswitch is supposed to be 
mounted!

I don't even see how your headlights could raise up with the setup you have 
now.   Oh, wait, do you have some sort of low-profile headlight setup that 
requires moving the up-limit switch to prevent the buckets from opening as 
far?   If so, then that's your problem.   You've got long bolts sticking out 
towards the centerline of the car which would hit the radiator, as the bolts 
are supposed to go in through the switch, with nuts welded on the back side 
of the bracket.   Also, you've got electrical weirdness because you have 
one of the electrical contacts of the switch connected directly to one of the 
mounting bolts with a short length of wire???

That whole thing looks quite hopeless to me at the moment.   It needs a 
thorough sorting out and rethink.   But there's nothing wrong with your new 
radiator, or your chassis.   It's the Rube Goldberg relocating and rewiring of 
the headlight switch that is AFU.

Mike