Rotary Wiper Switches

[KevinW]

I guess you are looking for the correct OEM-style fluted knobs.
Well, I organised a group buy for the wiper and panel switches for a bunch of UK guys, I can tell you it wasnt the most enjoyable experience of my life.

Car builder solutions WONT be able to help you. Nor will Europa, or Finnishline or lots of other places.
There are some early Jag XK knobs that look a bit similar, but they arent the same thing.

Cobrarestorers sometimes has something useful, but often the knobs arent engraved.

Gerry Hawkridge at Hawk cars (UK) can sometimes supply these, but couldnt when i ordered mine.

ERA will supply, but it depends who you talk to. I got told yes they would, then someone else got an emphatic NO! for non-ERA cars.

In the end I found Superformance would supply. Hooray!
But oh boy, oh boy.....
If they have what you want in stock, bite their hands off and get it.

If they havent, and you really want the parts, then your troubles have just beguin....be prepared for months, and I mean months and months and months and months of delays and problems. wrong parts sent (for which I had the pleasure of picking up the import taxes) incorrect instructions, you name the problem, I had it. It seems everything is made in South Africa, and the SA factory has its own ideas about when it decides it will get out of bed, oh, and , er , let the customer know if anything is going to happen.... anytime soon.

the only saving grace was that Dave Cope at SPF was patient and conducted himself in a professional manner through many tel calls and emails.

btw if you order the fluted knobs do yourself a favour, and get yourself original NOS Lucas switches from Holden in the UK or go to a car boot sale , or check out e-bay (btw the land rover Lucas wiper switch always on e-bay it seems, with a push-to-wash facility is unlikely to work). there are absolutely loads of switcches with multiple outputs - for wipers you need an On-On-Off set of connections. the shafts will fit, and its a hell of a lot better than using epoxy to fix a halfround shaft in a hex shaped hole... which is what most switch shafts are like.

So there ya have it.... enjoy.

.... spleen emptied....... and thank you!