Life sucks, and so do the power window switches in my 1997 Chevy
Tahoe 4x4 two-door. I pressed the "down" section of the 6-prong
illuminated beveled switch for the driver's side window and it
shorted out---- tripping the circuit breaker every few seconds. I
used my Bowie knife to pry the switch off the door and cut the red
wire (which was hot to touch: thank Dan'l Boone I had the knife).

Damn odd thing, -NONE- of the on-line auto parts ordering catelogs
show the correct switch: for example, Rock Auto shows a switch
that is fundamentally different.

Now there are two switches attached to the wire harness, one for
"Up" and one for "Down," since I cannot find a replacement switch.

Why does the universe hate me so?


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"Desertphile" <desertphile (AT) invalid-address (DOT) net> wrote

Rock Auto was good for a mirror switch for me, are you sure you looked
it up right?
Might wanna look around and get the AC delco # then start with that.

Cheers

On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:07:05 -0600, Desertphile
<desertphile (AT) invalid-address (DOT) net> wrote:

For the past 60+ days I have been trying to find a replacement
switch with no luck at all. The best I can do is buy a five-prong
switch that looks like the dead switch I have in my vehicle, and
hope it fits and works the same.


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"Desertphile" <desertphile (AT) invalid-address (DOT) net> wrote

I might have missed it, but have you tried Ebay yet?

Desertphile wrote:

Could you possibly post a pic of your old switch online?
Or the GM part number on it?
How many switches do you have on the drivers side?

I can only think of 4 switches that GM used from 1995 through 2003. Most
of them use the same switch assemblies for two and 4 door, they just
don't have the two rockers for the missing windows installed.


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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 16:37:58 -0600, "Nightcrawler"
<Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote:

Yes.


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I take it that it does not look like this:


http://www.directauto.com/images/products/main/SWi1036.jpg

This one looks like an S-10 model:

http://www.conquestauto.com/servlet/the-25306/new-GM--power/Detail

Any of these two warm?

On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:03:34 -0600, "Nightcrawler"
<Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote:

Hi! It does not--- which amuses me. None of the on-line catalogs
show the same switch that is in the vehicle. The switch in my
Tahoe looks like the one in GMC pickups in the late 1980s, but the
switch I have has six conductors and the GMC switches have five.

http://holysmoke.org/temp/s1.jpg

http://holysmoke.org/temp/s2.jpg

I have purchased a five-conductor ("five prong") switch and I'll
make that work. Seems to me one only needs three wires to make a
power window go up and down, and four if one wants the switch
illuminated.

Automobile manufactures should be making cars less complicated,
not more complicated. I like hand-powered windows.


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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009 21:07:41 -0600, "Nightcrawler"
<Dirtydeeds (AT) dirtcheap (DOT) net> wrote:

No; the only explanation I can think of is that my 1997 Chevy
Tahoe isn't a 1997 Chevy Tahoe, even though the door sticker says
it is and even though it looks like one. Maybe it's a Tiwan
knock-off.

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