Thanks for the detailed advise Mark. I did exactly what you said. In fact, I pulled the wires back through the boot and out of the center pillar. I cut the wires off cleanly just above where they come out of the carpet and go into the pillar. I carefully soldered, taped and shrink tubed new wire in place. It still doesn't work. I have a thought and maybe you can help me with this. I wonder if I have the wires mixed up at the connector block (where the rocker switch plugs in). Can you tell me what color wires go to which holes ( they are numbered) on the switch block?
Bye the way, were you at the get-together in NJ? I was the guy with the dreadfully slow Burgundy 300D.
Happy Thanksgiving!

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Ed
1985 300D w/ 196,000 miles