How to you Dissassemble the Master Power Window Switch? (1 Viewer)

[KG Cruiser]

i have the control removed from the truck and I am trying to figure out how to take it apart so I can clean all the contacts inside.
I’m not talking about the single passenger door switches.
I’m talking about the drivers door master switch.

These controls are expensive and mine looks brittle so before I start prying I want to make sure I know how the thing is holding together.

Thanks for any help with this and pictures if you have the.

 

[cps432]

I bet you could squirt some naptha in there and work it back and forth without taking it apart. Naptha will evaporate quickly and works wonders on old electronics that are permanently sealed. I don't have power switches in my truck so I don't know the answer to your question. I do however work on vintage guitars and amps. When we have something getting cruddy, naptha almost always does the job. Naptha=Zippo fluid.

 

[NCFJ]

I suggest you take it apart , maybe at the kitchen table, on a towel or something that will catch tiny little springs and related parts.


Pull out the screws and very slow and careful, remove the back cover

Once removed it looks like this.

The harsh reality is that unless you go through the trouble of adding relays to the system cleaning the switches is only a very temporary fix. The switches will pit again and faster after they have been filed flat.

Take a look at this thread

Power Windows and Door Locks--Permanent Fix!

 

[tmxmotorsports]

If you take it apart be ready....ask me how i know.

 

[cps432]

I am really grateful for my crank windows now.

 

[KG Cruiser]

NCFJ - I got it apart without destroying it.
I got all the contacts cleaned up. The contacts on mine were really black - my ch more so than yours.

So now I have to put it back together.
Do you have any tricks to keep the angled contacts in place while I sandwich the two pieces back together? They keep falling out.

BTW - i already did the “permanent “ fix (relays) but there was one window that I couldn’t operate to go down using the master control switch so I figured I should clean all the contacts and hopefully that is it.

 

[Prairie Swamp]

I haven't done a 62 (likely in my future) but lots of others. I think it's a good idea to use dielectric grease in there anyway to hold the corrosion down and it also helps stick things in place like the springs and detent balls and maybe even the copper sliders.

Do you have any tricks to keep the angled contacts in place while I sandwich the two pieces back together? They keep falling out.

 

[NCFJ]

Best I can tell you is patience. They are a big zero on the fun scale to put back together. I am sure there are many old, former assembly line workers locked up in a nut house somewhere in Japan that assembled these switches. All of them mumbling (in Japanese) "F'ing switches..................."

 

[cps432]

They probably had some kind of jig that held things in place while soldering and assembling them. You learn these tricks when rebuilding vintage Fender amps. Now, that's a nightmare.

 

[Michael Hanson]

Hi, I hated doing my switch,de grease helped. Mike

 

[KG Cruiser]

Well I actually got lucky and got this done.
I used dielectric grease on each one of the angled contacts and they actually stayed in place when I married the two pieces together very slowly.
Wow - thank God!

All windows now working up and down from master control.

Thanks for all suggestions - this forum is EXCELLENT!