Re: [DML] Mode switch [was - Needed Badly: Button Clip]

["Dave Swingle" <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Better than petroleum jelly is some stuff called "Wurth's Rubber 
Care" - you probably have to get it online because there are not many 
retail places that carry Wurth's. 

It used to be sold at BMW dealers as "Gummi Pflege" (Elvis help me 
out here but I think that's German for "Rubber Care"). Some BMW places may still have it in stock. 

It's made for this sort of thing, and won't dry out like petroleum 
jelly and is light enough that it won't plug up the holes. This is 
probably something that the vendors ought to carry - it's great on 
the door seals too. 

Dave Swingle


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxx> 
wrote:
> Well I already have three of Grady's HCR mode switch diaphrams that 
> are pre lubed/oiled. I'm redoing the mode switches on all three 
> cars, all are original.
> 
> I used petroleum jelly on them before, but it still likes to dry 
out 
> after awhile, or the jelly will block off a vent setting, and I 
hate 
> tearing the console apart for that damn mode switch. So I decided 
to 
> do it right with three of the better mode switch diaphrams.
> 
> The mode switch in 16851 is being replaced just to make sure it 
> isn't a factor in my problem with the vent controls. Other two for 
> preventative maintenance. I have two spare mode switches, just that 
> the switch in 16851 and my spares all have the damn button clip 
> broken, missing 1 tab. Seems the P.O. of these clips forced them in 
> the wrong way.
> 
> The other two cars are fine, and I told myself I would never rob 
> from another car to make another one work, so I am still holding 
> myself to that one. I'd rather just buy the correct part and have 
it 
> done the right way.
> 
> So, if anyone still has a spare button clip, I would desperatley 
> like to buy it from you!!
> 
> 
> -Joe O'Brien
> 
> 2524,
> 16634,
> 16851







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