mk5 heater switch recurculate switch fit non recirculate?

[apples26]

hiya my switch is naff, fords want 25 plus vat for non circ and 45 plus for the circ one !!!


transitpartsuk sells a new non circ for 14.00


mine has the recirculate switch can i fit a normal one to it? cant see any benifit to the other bit anyway so wouldnt bother me

[MattBlackMinibus]

I wish I had recirc, the van would warm up quicker inside when it's cold outside.

[ake]

I'm pretty sure you can fit the normal one

[apples26]

my switch fooked up 2 months ago


some mornings i had to drive the truck onto my driveway and het the hairdryer out


once on a road it cleared but fook me it took ages

took switch apart today cleaned out, it can work on number 3 on recirc but its iffy, i have to push the switch about to get it to come on but atleast i have something now

[psv-hgv-flt]

have you checked the resistor.??

[AndyG]

Scrap/breakers

[trigger]

Ebay?

[apples26]

as long as a normal one will fit mine ill just buy the 14 quid one from transit parts, bought a fair bit from him now never had a problem, although bought a cambelt kit from him while back and it had the old style tensioner which im not sure if i should fit it or not

[psv-hgv-flt]

as long as a normal one will fit mine ill just buy the 14 quid one from transit parts, bought a fair bit from him now never had a problem, although bought a cambelt kit from him while back and it had the old style tensioner which im not sure if i should fit it or not

will fit in place, but i think the plug is bigger on yours with more pins. can be done if you chop and wire.

[apples26]

mines got two rectangular plugs

[shadyocuk]

When the recirculating switch died on my mk5 (it melted , as the resistor had died) , I used a none recirculating switch from my old scrap mk5. You can also use a simple on/off swich to activate the recirculation/none recirculatin flaps. I took an illuminated one from my old mk5 and wired it so that it lights up when set to recirculation (only when ignition is on), I now tend to switch between the two settings much more frequently than I ever did on the original set up.

The pins on the rear of the recirculation verses the standard switch are different , but are easy to work out.

Shady

[apples26]

ah right ok so it wont be a simple plug in then, so i need a recirc one, bloomin 45 plus the dredded at the dealers

[MinorMatt]

cant believe you found one that cheap... hendy quoted me over 70 + VAT last year

[apples26]

trade price mate


that alternator only lasted a month lol, so i kicked myself for being a tight c*** in the first place and bought a new one

[MinorMatt]

Sorry mate... if you had said I would have given you your money back for the alt. back!