Grab a new 'can while you .....can!!
I refurbish units and replace triggers for a local BMW shop. Just lately (yesterday we were talking about it ironically) we have noticed more and more people buying the units and sending us their old one in return. 98% of the ones returned for rebuilding are original units, and occasionally I get a pretty rough one that someone replaced a trigger on, but even so, they even seemed to have a reasonable mileage on them. I always replace the springs as well as they get tired, which can be seen when compared to the new ones.
What I'm trying to say is, most the triggers out there are around 10 - 25 years old and are starting to show their service life. One of the big problems that we are having and it's reducing our available stock, is the plastic plug. These can in some instances be so badly broken/damaged due to age/heat or someone trying to remove it from the socket without removing the bail clip first (you can tell), that we can't put it back on the shelf as a replacement. Now we tell the respective customer that if their plug is broken, we can't accept it as a rebuild and it will cost them more.
New plugs are not available anymore, and we are looking into using a replacement plug, but it will have to have the respective socket on the small wiring loom to the black box replaced as well.
Bill.........................;-)
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