Greg, I'm so far into the assembly, I think I
will have a go at a repair after all! One more layer and I'lI be able to get the whole switch out for bench work. All is in good order, because apart from the spring blade, everything is made of brass, copper or tufnol. I do like the assurance of modern fuses though, having once seen the fireworks resulting from an auto electrical short. I have a complete set of workshop manuals, owner manuals and parts lists. I got them from
http://tracto.perso.neuf.fr/ a French company who appear to have manuals for nearly every tractor made, inc. many Brit & US makes. My manuals for the Renault are so complete it can take hours to find the correct model, type, factory variant etc. I have even tracked the correct paint shade and had some catalyst-spray made up. It appears that the old cellulose is not availabe here any more.
Tesla: The plasma welder looks really interesting.
