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Thanks for the participation, Steve.
The upscale switches are certainly an option. Another avenue would be to buy as spares, the much less spendy gray and green ones from Amazon (ballpark fifty bucks for the pair) and then build and install the Genie Lamp. The Genie will cost you about twenty bucks if you shop for your parts yourself (we have a parts kit but you can save by buying the individual pieces), and then do your own installation. Regardless of whose switches you are using, the Genie will tell you just about everything you need to know (about your autopark's performance) as you are going down the road. In most cases you'll get a warning before disaster strikes, and you'll be able to get off the road and make temporary or permanent fixes before you toast your parking brake. Even with the better switches, you could encounter fluid loss, actuator leaks, blown fuses, solenoid or relay failure etc. The Genie will help you monitor all those possibilities so you can address them should they occur.
If you DO opt for the fancier switches, it would be neat if you could report back here about your experience with them. Most of us would be really interested in this as I don't think we've had much feedback on this subject as yet.
The solenoids (for what it is worth) can often be salvaged by a cleaning process. Also, burned out solenoid coils can be replaced at a fraction of the cost to replace the whole valve.
Thanks again to you and all the others who are adding useful information on this subject of AutoPark.
oldusedbear aka Roger
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