That is great news, so everything is under that big black cap. Once that is off the whole assembly is exposed? Am very happy to hear that, thanks for the information because I was not looking forward to the Peterbilt solution, that likely would have meant some die grinder work to enlarge the case's switch mounting holes...

 

-after you get the panel out the first step is to remove all the ***** and switches. they all are just snapped on
-flip it over and remove the 2 screws
-next is the hardest if you don't have something to hold the clips open and pull it out
-i missed a picture but once you have the box removed you can either pull the board out from its edges or remove the 3 screws holding the **** assembly together and remove it.
-at this point you will want to make sure the box is upside down before you push the board out from the **** encoder (the reason you want to do it upside down is there are 4 little plastic pins that will fall out if it is right side up. they get pushed by the rocker and touch the contacts on board)
-hopefully you will see some corrosion on the contacts of the switch that is not working. clean it up and put it back together.
*i use silicone to seal the edges of the rubber caps to hopefully keep fluids from getting to the pads again

Hope this helps

 

forgot to post a picture of the pins. don't loose them!

 

Many thanks for the photos, I even have the guitar picks (work in electronics), maybe some thin plastic body panel tools will work also. Am really starting to get annoyed at the lack of going to access height but not really a problem here. Unfortunately if going to a larger city, parking will be a problem if I can't lower the machine...

 

its possible to solder wires to the contact pads and use some sort of industrial switch. i'm not a big fan of the way they put this together. hopefully the mod i made will keep moisture out and keep them working. loosing low range because of a spilled drink kinda sucks

 

You're right about that, if a drink holder is built into the tray, you'd a thought they would waterproof or use a marine grade switch... As someone else has in their Signature/Avatar.. "Land Rover, making mechanics out of drivers since 1948" (or something similar)...