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The electrical switches used in the Elan come from Vauxhall (UK GM) cars of the same era. Carltons, Astras and others can provide useful switches for the front panel to the window and door mirror switches. | The electrical switches used in the Elan come from Vauxhall (UK GM) cars of the same era. Carltons, Astras and others can provide useful switches for the front panel to the window and door mirror switches. | ||
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| − | With the switch removed, the first job is to open it up. It is held together by four retaining latches marked by red arrows in the left hand picture. An easy method is to insert two thin bladed knives at the positions shown by the green arrows to open up the switch body then to insert a third knife or small screwdriver at the position shown by the blue arrow and to use the latter as a lever to | + | With the switch removed, the first job is to open it up. It is held together by four retaining latches marked by red arrows in the left hand picture. An easy method is to insert two thin bladed knives at the positions shown by the green arrows to open up the switch body then to insert a third knife or small screwdriver at the position shown by the blue arrow and to use the latter as a lever to get the switch apart. The three knives are shown in action in the right hand picture: |
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Revision as of 20:33, 25 May 2008
Switch source
The electrical switches used in the Elan come from Vauxhall (UK GM) cars of the same era. Carltons, Astras and others can provide useful switches for the front panel to the window and door mirror switches.
Front panel switches
One difference is that the Elan switches have orangey-red markings whereas the GM switches are white. One way of making a white logo match the rest of the switches is to use a red CD pen as in the heated rear windscreen switch on the left of this picture:
If the backlight illumination lamp or LED fail (or you want to change the colour of the LED) you will have to remove the switch. The lamp cover at the top of the switch can conveniently be pulled off providing purchase for a pair of small pliers at the position marked with the red arrow in the left hand picture. There is a retaining latch at the bottom of the switch and the easiest way of releasing this is to push a key or similar almost vertically up through the cutout in the bottom of the switch. This is shown side on in the right hand picture below for clarity: the key enters via the cutout (red arrow) and pushes up the retaining cantilever (blue arrow) thereby releasing the retaining latch (green arrow). The switch should pull out but if it does not, the switch panel may have to be released and the switch pushed from behind.
With the switch removed, the first job is to open it up. It is held together by four retaining latches marked by red arrows in the left hand picture. An easy method is to insert two thin bladed knives at the positions shown by the green arrows to open up the switch body then to insert a third knife or small screwdriver at the position shown by the blue arrow and to use the latter as a lever to get the switch apart. The three knives are shown in action in the right hand picture:
The body of the switch should pop apart and open up to reveal the lamp and LED
