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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 877984" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>Well, you've already found the source of the problem, so that's good as that's the trickiest part. I <a href="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=111364&view=findpost&p=505077" target="_blank">posted about my experience</a> (but with no supporting picture evidence) a few years back.</p><p></p><p>The clutch switch (at least on 1st gens) is <em>not a sealed unit</em>, which is why you end up having issues with it. It is a fairly cruse set of sliding contacts that is somewhat open to the elements and apt to get gooked up. But it also means that cleaning it is easy peasy, and smearing it liberally with silicone dielectric grease is easy and effective at increasing the time between cleanings.</p><p></p><p>That post was from 2008 and I've not had any issues with the cleaned and greased switch since then... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 877984, member: 3828"] Well, you've already found the source of the problem, so that's good as that's the trickiest part. I [URL="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//index.php?showtopic=111364&view=findpost&p=505077"]posted about my experience[/URL] (but with no supporting picture evidence) a few years back. The clutch switch (at least on 1st gens) is [I]not a sealed unit[/I], which is why you end up having issues with it. It is a fairly cruse set of sliding contacts that is somewhat open to the elements and apt to get gooked up. But it also means that cleaning it is easy peasy, and smearing it liberally with silicone dielectric grease is easy and effective at increasing the time between cleanings. That post was from 2008 and I've not had any issues with the cleaned and greased switch since then... ;) [/QUOTE]
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