Intrepolicious
Well-Known Member
Yes the turn signal switch is simple. But this wiper switch thing is a little more involved.Shortly after the M-bodies went out of production, Chrysler still used a Saginaw style steering column (ie: made by GM) - but went from the internal style to an external style steering column (ie: newer columns has a plastic clam shell cover over the column. So much easier to get to all of the internal parts by removing small 3 Torx screws – and everything is exposed.
Fishing the wires in and out is no longer needed. Retrieving a dropped screw no longer required dissembling the entire unit (for the 7th time) no longer needed. The clam shell design is so much easier to work on.
I can change a turn signal switch in about 10 minutes time – and that is including taking tools out of tool box and unboxing the new part.
The bad news is they didn’t make one that would fit FMJ cars. We are stuck with the Chrysler design (up to ’79) or Saginaw design (’80 t0 ’89).
The good news (if you want to call it that) is at least some of the Saginaw steering column parts interchange with GM products in the same time line (like tilt parts, upper castings, etc.).
BudW
Bud, you never finished your previous post that got cut off at the end.