Free Switch Covers

[OUTLAW 29]

Those of you who have 2000 – 2003 boats with the black rocker switches on the dash know how easily the white lettering rubs off the switch covers. This year I decided to replace all of mine on the upper part of the dash with white switch covers. I did so even though the black ones I removed still look brand new. They still look brand new because I’m so anal I made sure I never touched the lettering with anything.

At any rate, if any of you guys want the black ones I pulled off, I will be happy to mail them to you free of charge. I can’t bring myself to throw them out if someone else can use them. Just let me know. Also – I did not swap out any of the “trim” switches over by the throttles because I never use any of those switches.

The following switch covers I can give you are:

Courtesy Lights
Stereo
Cabin Lights
Bilge
Depth Finder
Engine Hatch
Nav/Anc Lights
Exhaust
Engine Lights

[25OutLaw]

Hey Outlaw29,
Are those black switches still available? I could really use them, as mine no longer have any white lettering on them. :(
Please email me at smarciano@the-ark.com to discuss.
Thanks! :tiphat
Steve

[OUTLAW 29]

Hey 25,

Thanks for your interest. I had some takers from over on another forum.

At any rate, it really sucks having switches where you have to worry about the writing wearing off. That's why I went with white.

[TeamBajaMarine]

Another forum? There is no other forum, I HATE FORUM CROSS POSTING!!! Too much of it, guys. :beathead

[ckmansell]

He drives a Dodge. He must be talking about that forum.:biggrin

[OUTLAW 29]

Another forum? There is no other forum, I HATE FORUM CROSS POSTING!!! Too much of it, guys.

Yesterday afternoon I put the post on TBM and nowhere else. Between yesterday afternoon and this morning I had about 50 views with no response. As a result of no response here, I went ahead and put the post somewhere else. Within about 5 minutes over there, I had to beat them off with a stick. What can I say.

I wonder if that says something about TBM members vs. members other places. TBM members must be pretty picky if you can't even get them to take stuff for free!! I wonder what that means?

[25OutLaw]

Outlaw29 thanks anyway, but I guess the early bird gets the worm...
LOL - I noticed that you had 50 views this morning and no takers - I thought that was odd also. It made me think twice about replying, but as an old friend used to say "If it's free, its for me!"0]

I agree with Blake - "there is no other forum" ;)

[WHOSNEXT]

OUTLAW 29, Where did you get the white switches through Baja? Did you change the whole switch or just the cover? I need to change my (black) trim and trailering switches and wondering how to do it?

[OUTLAW 29]

The switches are made by Carling Switch but they only sell to large electrical distributors who in turn don't want to sell to the little guys like us. I ended up getting mine from my local Baja dealer for about $4.00 each. I went with white so I wouldn't have to worry about the lettering coming off. I was able to only buy the switch covers and did not have to buy the whole switch. (Carling’s technical term for the switch cover is “actuator”).

I did go directly thru Carling to obtain the little tool for removing the actuator. I was able to sweet-talk a girl in sales to send me 2 of the tools for free. She told me their sales system does not even have the ability to charge for something as petty as 2 actuator removal tools so she wrote them off as “demo” items and sent them to me free. You may be able to remove the actuator without the tool but I have not tried. The tool makes is so easy even I could do it.

[WHOSNEXT]

OUTLAW 29, I had to replace my stereo switch and Baja told me i wouldn't be-able to get the cover off because there was a "tool" I ended up buying the whole switch that was around $25.00 (ouch). So what you are saying i can just buy the trim and trailer covers from Baja and replace my old looking black 1's? What does THE TOOL look like? Maybe i can borrow it? Thanks for your help.

[OUTLAW 29]

Baja is right - there is a tool for pulling of the switch cover but I'm sure there is a way to get it off without the tool. The "tool" is made of plastic and sells for $0.75.

Go to the following link and you will see what the "tool" looks like. The link is a PDF file. Scrool down to page 9 of the PDF file (page 56 of the catalog) and you will see the tool.


www.carlingtech.com/pdf/C...W_V2_3.pdf (http://www.carlingtech.com/pdf/CarlingSW_V2_3.pdf)

[bajatroublemaker]

I am 100 % Team Baja Marine I love this site.

Love my boat love the site:party :dancingjalepeno :party :dancingjalepeno

i wish i lived closer to all you guys so I could boat with you and have fun with you. Oh well we are all togeather in spirit on those nice saturday afternoons.

[TeamBajaMarine]

Outlaw29,
Thats cool, I am not slamming you. I am happy you gave us first dibs. I just have been seeing alot of "double posting" and it is annoying when reading and trying to keep up with all this great info we can get from the internet.