!@@#@#% GDMF pressure switches

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Now I'm getting pissed off!

A month ago I wrote how I had an oil pressure (idiot light) switch
fail as I pulled into the fast lane of the highway. Panic time! I
thought I had lost oil pressure, but it was just the switch
failing.

Bought a new switch (NAPA Echlin OP6626) and all's well -- until
this morning! 3 - 4 weeks later! Damn switch dies (short to
ground).

Luckily, I installed a mechanical oil pump on the firewall at the
same time, and presure is 100% normal, the switch failed again.

This is on top of two failures of other, one-wire Echlin switches
installed in the brake master cylinder (stop light switch) of my
Rambler. In the last 3 - 4 years I had as many fail.

I fixed the Rambler by buying Ron Francis Wiring's $20 switch.  I
guess I'll have to do the same for the Hornet now. Expensive,
but it claims to be better made, so far so good.

Aftermarket parts are really turning to crap!