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reverse lights switch on Beetle transmission

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neil68:
Transmission gurus:

Quick question - when installing the reverse lights switch on a Type 1 transmission, is there a spacer or shim that goes on first, in order to ensure that the switch will be activated properly by the fork (or whatever part triggers the connection)?

I'm installing a switch to a transmission that has the outlet blanked off, so I don't have anything to compare it to.

Thanks!

Bruce:
There's an aluminum sealing washer between the switch and the nose cone.  It is absolutely required.  If you install the switch without, it will prevent full engagement of reverse.  This will destroy both the reverse idler gear and the 1-2 slider in very short order.

neil68:
Thanks, Bruce. There was a thick aluminum washer (~2 mm) on the blank bolt from Rancho, so I assume that should work.

Bruce:
That's the right part.

neil68:
So, I finally got ready to test drive the Beetle, after some work on the engine tin and header.  However, now when I shift into reverse, the engine quits.

Do the two wires on the "reverse light" switch have to be on specific poles?  I have the power coming from the positive side of the coil, through the in-line fuse on the shroud.

Any electrical gurus out there with a suggestion?

Thanks.

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