Backup lights Restored!

The Problem:

So I just had the engine replaced in my little Hyundai. It is a fun little car, but, like any other machine it breaks. Luckily I have a couple kids willing to help their old man find and fix little problems. In this case, I had been told a couple times from concerned drivers that my backup lights were always on. I did some searching and found that this is not too difficult for regular folks to tackle.

The other problem:

The other problem is mostly unrelated, but, I have a platform and will certainly use it. To fix the car issue, I was going to order the part online for half the price of what is available locally. The problem was that my credit card company turned off my card with no warning the day before black Friday. UGH! This has happened before. I simply call the number on the card and they typically tell me that it was due to the company blocking unusual purchases due to security. That is easy enough to navigate. This time, they informed me that they turned it off to give me an upgrade. Some upgrade. I cannot use my card to order anything online until the new wiz-bang card arrives. Long story short, they open each call with how much they appreciate my business for several decades, but in this case, I just have to wait. No offers to fix the issue or make up in any way them kicking me in the financial gut a couple weeks before Christmas. Tomorrow, I will be looking for a new company. In talking to one of the help desk people, I was told the new card should have been here early last week. It is totally still not here.

The Fix:

On this car, in order to get a wrench on the switch, we had to remove the air box and some hoses. no big deal, they were all 10mm so we did not even have to change sockets. We did run into a problem with having the right size socket. The new switch was a 15/16 size and my set stops short of this. I looked through some boxes of stuff that was left to me. I found a box end wrench, but the engine bay was exactly too small to allow that wrench to fit and turn. In other words, the wrench fit onto the switch, but I could not move it left or right. Well, off to the local parts shop. We found exactly what we needed for an excellent price. The short journey home had a couple nice slug bug exchanges and a couple laughs. We got home, removed the old part and installed the new one. Testing was simple and we found that our work was effective. Backup Lights restored!