A few years back, I found a possible replacement for the dimmer control from TRW in Europe (they now own all of the Lucas stuff). I did no proceed with it, because I was able to repair my dimmer (in 6068) by using procedures all ready discussed here. When the dimmer in 1860 broke, I decided it was not worth messing with because I never use it anyway. I just used a jumper to tie the 3 wires together. I put 6068's center console back together last night, and the repaired dimmer control still works.... Now that I said that, it will be sure to explode on me! If anyone is interested, I can try and dig out my notes on the replacement part. Maybe someone can take over where I left off, if there is any market for it. --- mike clemens <rmclemns@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > David, > > You may be in for a surprise, there is no winding > in > the rheostat, that's what Marv was trying to say. > Once you get into the rheostat, which is really a > variable potentiometer, you will find no wires. > Everything is fixed to a plate, much like the fuel > sender, but on a much smaller scale. I've had like > 5 > apart and had no "zero" success at making them work. > > That's why, and I speculate, DMCH will give you a > $50 > core value, you can't fix the inards, but the case > is > valuable!!! > > Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com 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/