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14 brake light switches... mostly old but good ones. All died on the Notch
with the DOT5... the NEW ones would last a month, the old ones maybe 3 or 4
(and I dont drive that car much) Ive NEVER changed one in 16 years on the 71
which is still DOT 3.
I finally installed a mechanical switch but I dissected the the last
hydro switch that died and it appeared the the plastic that held the ball
bearing swelled and stuck the bearing. They all failed the same way, took
progressively more pressure to get the switch to close till finally it
wouldnt.
Keith
> À!? I've got DOT 5 in my baby. No issues so far. Although, I did
> disable that silly sensor many, many moons ago...
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> Toby Erkson -- air_cooled_nut@pobox.com
> '72 VW Squareback, '95 VW Jetta ~ RIP, '81 Gold Wing, '73 Porsche 914
> http://www.icbm.org/
> Portland, Oregon
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> Keith Park wrote:
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> >You didnt put DOT 5 in it did you? Nothing kills senders faster than DOT
5!
> >Use an original VW sender... the aftermarkets are junk.
> >
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