You should be able to remove that bracket and clean things up. With a new bushing you should be alright. It looks like you will need a new otterstadt switch too. NEVER USE SILICON. It will destroy the silicone seal that the switch seals to. I am sure you will find many other inventive little things the dreaded P.O. did in an attempt to "repair" the car. I shudder when I see that kind of repair, it makes me wonder what else they dreamed up. It looks like they took the otterstadt switch apart and then tried to seal it back together with silicone! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "DMC Joe" <dmcjoe@xxxx> wrote: > > Jon, > > Good job on the pictures. As you suspected it appears that an attempt was To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/