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> 4-Pole door contact switch, Does anyone sell them? Is there a work-around?
gord
post May 23 2024, 01:13 PM
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I bought two different kinds of door contact switches, based on what is listed in the PET catalogue. Then when I pulled the broken switch out of my door jamb, it was of the 4-pole variety, which is not listed in the PET at all.

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I have not been able to find this part anywhere online, not even a proper part number other than the "8842 K" that is molded into the plastic.

Does anyone sell these?

Or is there a good way of wiring a replacement switch that preserves the buzzer circuit? Or will I just have to disconnect that and wire with the later year 2-pole + ground switch?

This is the relevant section of the wiring diagram (1972), in case anyone is wondering:

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Any help would be much appreciated!
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post May 23 2024, 02:33 PM
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Put a WTB in classified section. NLA everywhere. Never did find a VW cross reference for these.
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post May 23 2024, 04:45 PM
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Put a WTB in classified section. NLA everywhere. Never did find a VW cross reference for these.


Thanks. I found a pair on ebay. The lack of a part reference is really strange - it's clearly stamped as VW part, but I can't find it described anywhere and there seems to be no Porsche part number attached to it either, or it would be correctly listed in the PET.
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