Re: IML: 67-69 turn signal switches for tilt wheel cars, #2880 271 (Was: Turn Signal Switch 69)

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

It wasn't Frank. He didn't come up on the listing. It was Collectors Auto 
Supply. I bought from them a few months ago & was happy with the service I 
received. I was stunned when I saw what they are trying to get for this 
item. It kind of makes me feel like not doing business with them when they 
try to get such a price for a part they say they have 22 of.
    I'm guessing that if this is a GM built steering column, that this 
switch probably fits some GM products as well & likely not so hard to get if 
we knew what year & model to look at.
John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dick Benjamin" <dickb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 10:18 AM
Subject: IML: 67-69 turn signal switches for tilt wheel cars, #2880 271 
(Was: Turn Signal Switch 69)


> Let me guess, the $690 was our old friend Frank, right?
>
> My advice is to set your eBay watch system to keep an eye out for it - 
> I've
> gotten mine in the last few years on eBay, and paid less than $100 each
> time. I got one for $20 last year!  All of these were brand new in the
> sealed box; manufactured in the late 80s with the improved materials.  The
> last one I bought from a dealer in Phoenix cost $114, but that was about 5
> years ago.
>
> I should mention, I guess, that NAPA sells a repair kit for these, but 
> I've
> tried to use it on one of the switches, and while it works, it isn't as 
> good
> as a brand new switch, and it is particularly difficult to get the 
> cornering
> lights to work right with the repair kit.  You'd also need considerable
> soldering skills and experience to connect the repair part's electrical
> hookup without making a mess of the repair.  I finally gave up on the
> repaired switch, and installed one of the new ones in my 68.
>
> Dick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jsadowski
> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:47 PM
> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: IML: Turn Signal Switch 69
>
> Dick,
> Thanks for the info. I checked on Parts Voice & found these available,
> priced from $230.00 to a whopping $690.00. At those prices, your 
> suggestion
> of living with it seems like a good one. I would be afraid to spend that
> kind of $$$ & then break it trying to install it. If one did turn up in 
> the
> $100.00 range, I wouldn't feel so bad.
> John
>
>
>
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