Postby Dave Lowe » May 21st, 2016, 9:49 pm
Easy enough to repair, the "switch" is just a cube of foam rubber between two copper strips encased within the rubber handle which you press to activate the motor. Remove the end case and the switch can then be removed, slide off the outer rubber sleeve to reveal two copper strips between which you will find a small cube of foam rubber which will have perished, replace this with a piece of new stuff with enough resilience to act as a spring to hold the two metal strips apart except when pressed to start the starter. Assemble every thing in the reverse order to when you took it apart and the jobs a good-un. I've found a piece of rubber mat like you see being sold at the shows for about a tenner is ideal, so check your mates and see if anyone will donate a 1/2in. cube to your project..