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Offline Joliet Jim

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2002 Cali turn signal switch
« on: July 03, 2019, 06:02:51 PM »
Evidently my turn signal switch has failed after 18 years. Evidently you have to replace the whole left hand switch housing for about $300. It looks like the switch itself for the turn signal inside is a sealed piece and not available on it's own. I had thought about taking a dremel to it and trying to take it apart to see if it can be salvaged by cleaning the inside connections since i'm not about to shell out $300 for a new switch. I figure at this point, I have nothing to lose. Has anybody ever salvaged one of these? Worse case I buy a different type of housing and wire it up.
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2019, 06:08:20 PM »
You could consider a wrecker such as Pinwall or MG Classics for a 2nd hand one.

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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2019, 09:08:26 PM »
You could consider a wrecker such as Pinwall or MG Classics for a 2nd hand one.

Thanks good suggestion, I'll look into that
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2019, 09:58:51 AM »
Watching this thread. The right-turn switch on my '04 Stone doesn't work very well - I have to push it just so, or the flasher doesn't come on. I've been dealing with this condition for a couple of years, waiting for the switch to die completely. When that day comes, I'll probably just replace both switch boxes with a pair from a wrecker - not necessarily Guzzi.

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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2019, 10:46:40 AM »
Spraying contact cleaner into the housing might help?

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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2019, 10:56:48 AM »
Try pushing some corn oil up in there, that’s what I would do.
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2019, 11:14:27 AM »
just flush it out with deoxit.
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2019, 11:52:03 AM »
I have this switch. Not sure where I got it (perhaps Tom Formberg via Paul Linn?) but it has a Pinwall tag on it. Not even sure it's from a Guzzi. Does it look like yours? I robbed the signal button off of it for a customer's Special Sport, but it's otherwise intact. Pay shipping and it's yours.






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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2019, 12:29:52 PM »
Try pushing some corn oil up in there, that’s what I would do.
Corn oil? Are you sure about that, Chad?   :wink:
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2019, 12:31:37 PM »
I have this switch. Not sure where I got it (perhaps Tom Formberg via Paul Linn?) but it has a Pinwall tag on it. Not even sure it's from a Guzzi. Does it look like yours? I robbed the signal button off of it for a customer's Special Sport, but it's otherwise intact. Pay shipping and it's yours.







Charlie that looks exactly like the switch in my 03 Aluminum. That should work out fine for Jim.
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Re: 2002 Cali turn signal switch
« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2019, 01:02:41 PM »
I have this switch. Not sure where I got it (perhaps Tom Formberg via Paul Linn?) but it has a Pinwall tag on it. Not even sure it's from a Guzzi. Does it look like yours? I robbed the signal button off of it for a customer's Special Sport, but it's otherwise intact. Pay shipping and it's yours.








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