Help: Where can I find this little "plunger"?

[Zhu]

I have just brought a manual 96 xlt. It has no reverse light. I have the reverse light switch replaced and the wire checked, but still no reverse light. Then, I searched the forum and found the following thread(Thanks StuckinMA for the pictures and detailed description of the problem):

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165068

I believe that my car has the same problem: the pin that presses the reverse light switch when the transmission is on reverse is missing. I went to the local Ford dealership. They told me the pin was called plunger but they didn't provide it anymore. And I couldn't find one in the junkyards. Explorer was not very popular here in Australia. I searched on Ebay and couldn't find it.

Now, I am stuck here. Without the plunger, the car does not have reverse lights. Without reverse lights, the car cannot pass the inspection.

I am posting the message here in the hope thatsomeone here has a spare plunger and is willing to sell. That would be great. Or I would greatly appreciate it if you could tell me the length and diameter of the plunger. So, I can make one.

I couldn't post the picture of the plunger, but you can see it very clearly in the link above where it is refered to as the "pin"

Thanks in advance!

Zhu

 

[iceman7329]

Someone get me a Ford part number for the part and Ill get you one.

 

[Zhu]

Hi Iceman,

Thank you very much for your reply!

The pin is on the left side of the picture in the following link and the right side is the reverse light switch.

http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0231kf2.jpg

Does someone know the part number for the pin?