Door Switches

[Les G.]

On my 1971 the rear door jam switches were falling out and the metal brackets where were just hanging the rivets broke. I drilled the rivets out of the door. Is there a way to remove those metal brackets and reinstall them? Or how can I drill the holes out of the metal brackets and reinstall them on the car.

[Mike F.]

Re: Door Switches

If you are talking about the door ajar switch (attached to the body of the car), remove the rear tire and there is a small access panel on the forward side of the wheel well.

[Steve W.]

Re: Door Switches

the metal plate rivets to the fender, the only way I think you can replace or re rivet the metal backing plate is to de bond the lower fender, re rivet then re bond the lower fender. If you can re use what's there, you could try using pop rivets without having to de bond the lower fender?

[Don L.]

Re: Door Switches

Les, FWIW, you might want to try Willcox. I think I read on the "other forum" that they recently introduced A repro bracket that will mount without any body work. Looks right from jamb when complete. If it turns out that they do not have them, email or PM me and I'll share a write up I did a couple years ago about how I fixed mine.