Hoping someone can help identify what this switch is??? I replaced the hatch pulldown today on my 88 Iroc Z Convertible and found this 'hanging' next to the pulldown and it was not attached to anything. After installing the replacement pulldown and hooking the battery back up I found the pulldown worked just fine and pushed he button on the mystery switch and it did nothing. Hoping th efine folks here can give me some insight.

 

The angle bracket attaches to the lower two of three screws that attach the motor housing to the frame. This will place the plunger of the switch at the bottom of the right trtack so it can sense when the pull-down unit has reached the bottom of it's stroke (and allow the tonneau to open).

Lon

 

That picture was weird for me looks just like behind the panel in my car including the body and trim colors, where I have been working. Just converted mine to full manual.

 

The switch and bracket were just hanging down when I removed the back panel... When I took the pic I just placed the switch where it could be seen the best. It does seem that it should be attached to the pulldown bracket???

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Thanks Lon,
I will remove the replacement pulldown that I installed yesterday and attach this switch to the motor housing as you indicated. The old motor clear pastic housing was broken and not even attached any longer to the brace and even the screws were not anywhere to be found! My tonneau cover switch never has worked in the ten years I owned this Iroc so perhaps by attaching this switch it will release.... woooohooo! Thanks for your expertise!

 

I had the same issue.When I got my vert 7 years ago the pulldown was broken.I replaced it with another unit and it worked fine but I had no clue about the plunger switch since they are vert specific and I threw away the broken pulldown assembly.Through the years Ive parted several junkyard verts and grabbed a few plunger switches and just this past year I finally put it on and lo and behold now my solenoids finally power up.

 

Yahoo!! I attached the plunger switch to the motor housing this morning without problems and lo and behold the tonneau release switch now works after nearly ten years of not knowing why it did not work (I would always manually release the tonneau). My replacement pulldown works great and now just waiting for replacement nylon guides from Lon at Top Down Solutions and I am good to go! Thanks for the help!

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