Experiment w/ door and window switches

[ma96782]

I thought about this on another thread.......and I figured it could get more action, IF it had it's own post.......so here goes:

Has anyone EXPERIMENTED with their switches on these 1st GEN vehicles??

I mean the switches.........passenger side and driver side, door locks look exactly like the window up/down activation switches..........EXCEPT for the plastic pin that orients the switch with the female plug in section.


http://www.rockauto.com/ref/RB/Deta...nproducts.com/images/items/hwrap1/6049252.jpg



So, I'm wondering: IF ONE WERE TO CUT OFF THE PLASTIC PIN (white part in pic)......Could the same switch be used for all the applications (doors locks and windows)???

The rt/lf door lock switches use a different shape plastic pin "L" or "U" shape to NOT have them interchangeable (lf to rt). The plastic pin color is also different, a sort of red on the door switch vs. the white on the window switch. My guess would be that FORD would put different part#s to increase PROFITS.

Or maybe just door lock switches, right to left, vis versa......if the plastic pin was cut off.

I checked the wire diagram I had but, it didn't show the inner workings of the switches.......AND........I don't happen to have an extra switch to experiment with.

Aloha, Mark

 

[Rhett]

heh, this should have been in the "modified" forum

I have thought about ripping all of the watershield, everything out of the door and dash panels, and making aluminum panels with robust toggle switches and so forth.
But then I would only do that if my interior somehow got trashed. But it's a neat idea anyway. I think that's more than what you're getting at...all you want to do is change some of the switches.