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Adding to what Jim W has said, I have also had the same problem with my TED - and found that the (electrical pitting) wear inside the switch was so bad that I could not adjust the switch or emery paper the contacts back to life - so ended up adding packing copper plate behind the lead to give the necessary contact. If I could still get lead sheet easily, I would have bought some, but the Eurocrats out there have decreed that Pb is nasty stuff and we should not be allowed to buy it (for our own good, of course). Having got the switch to work satisfactorily, to save it from further and final damage, I added an aftermarket solenoid to the wiring - so the 'S' position operates the solenoid, and the solenoid carries the starter current. That way, I can still start using the gear lever, which is a feature I like, and I know that the only damage that is being done is to the solenoid. When you remove the switch from the gearbox and disconnect the linkage, tie a bit of string round the linkage that is connected to the operating lever inside the gearbox - that way if the (^%%&( thing drops inside the gearbox/clutch housing when you are not looking, you can still retrieve it easily. No, not me, never done that, honest!
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