Walt, I removed the switch and took it with me to our local Radio Shack to ask them about looking at the winding and to buy some TV Tuner spray. A really nice employee put the switch in an ultrasonic(think that's right) bath they use for customer work and cleaned it up to looking nearly new.She checked the dimmer winding with ameter and it does have a break in it,although no employee could see it.Long story short,as suggested to me, I've attached the dash light feed to the tail light side and they work when the the switch is pulled on.They just stay bright.Regarding your suggestion about a wire shunt: Is that safe, no spark,no wire fire,
just inserting the wire that way?
