Lance, Jon, your both a pair of knuckle heads!
Not a thing wrong in the world with keeping an original light switch, and trying to stay close to original equipment as can.
Lance, your not the first to just "run out" and throw money at parts. Especially given the number of tractors you have! There are a lot of original switches still in use. Where's the fire? Stop over exaggerating.
Jon, nothing wrong with you or your suggestions. However, there are those of us who do appreciate original equipment on our garden tractors. I tend to lean both ways