Blood Hound Alaska Steve,
Great snooping Steve. That does look like a suitable replacement. I'll give it a shot.
I've seen a few snowblowers with kluge outlet setups for a broken switch that were farly sloppy and dangerious. That switch with a mended housing would be much cleaner.
I had called Cherry tech support and was thrown off the scent so had given up on them for a sub part. Great work. If things work follow up with a post. If I come up with a clean repair I'll post a picture.
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