WTB: Cadillac Trunk light mercury tilt switch

[Antti A]

Want to buy:

Cadillac trunk light mercury tilt switch. This small switch is located between the bulb and socket and it is originally carton covered. This is going to -59, but I think it is the same in many other yearmodels too.

I'm kind in a hurry with this issue so please make you offer fast!

Antti / garagefiftynineemail addresses not permitted

[Martin Michaels]

I've been trying to find them with no luck I have both out of my 47 but I can't get it to work still has mercury in it I did break one any idea why they stop working. Marty

[Smedly]

Can you post a picture of one? What would one be worth?

[russ austin]

I have another mercury switch available.

email me at  russ85747@hotmail.com

[Bobby B]

I have 3 broken ones in a box, so most likely not worth buying used. High probability that they are all old enough to be no good. They are reproduced……
                                                                                                Bobby

[Jeffrey Burland]

Here's Russ' picture resized.

[Steve Passmore]

I've been trying to find them with no luck I have both out of my 47 but I can't get it to work still has mercury in it I did break one any idea why they stop working. Marty

I wish I knew that too. I have 2 that were not working, took both apart and they both still have Mercury, I even put both lots of Mercury in one switch to see if the amount would make any difference and it did not, the Mercury was making good contact but would not pass electricity even when it was encompassing the contact point. Is there something about Mercury that is not conductible when its 70 years old?? Any metallurgists out there?

[Bobby B]

Save yourself the frustration of a working/ non-working switch and a possible dead battery from it being constantly on.  They are available as a unit and you could probably retro-fit the internals into your housing for that "Original" look if necessary.  If you still want to rebuild your own, ebay and Amazon both sell mercury micro-switches only, that you could retro-fit to your housing for a few dollars. Hope this helps….
                                                                Bobby
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mobilistics-Mercury-Tilt-Switch-for-Alarms-Lights-etc-Hood-Trunk-Lid-Trigger-/201026378594?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

http://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Mercury-Tilt-Switch/dp/B0002ZPBKM/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

Bob's Automobilia, pg. 97

[russ austin]

The stock mercury switches I have, are tested good pieces. I don't offer junk to anyone.

[Steve Passmore]

Save yourself the frustration of a working/ non-working switch and a possible dead battery from it being constantly on.  They are available as a unit and you could probably retro-fit the internals into your housing for that "Original" look if necessary.  If you still want to rebuild your own, ebay and Amazon both sell mercury micro-switches only, that you could retro-fit to your housing for a few dollars. Hope this helps….
                                                                Bobby

Dam, wish I had known that before I fitted a manual switch Bobby.

I see a lot of them now operate with a metel ball rather than Mercury.

[TonyZappone #2624]

I could not remember where I bought two of these a couple of year's ago.  It was from Bob's.  Seems like they were 20 something dollars apiece, and they worked well.

[russ austin]

Looked into the books, and 54-64 are the same.

[Antti A]

I made deal with Russ, hope it will come soon so I can try it. 

[6262]

Hello Antti,

did you have problems to get the mercury switch into the European Union? I have read about a ban...

I need one also.

[gary griffin]

It should be easy to conceal a modern switch in the wire where it is hidden in the cavity between the trunk lid and the inner sheet metal.