Re: [T3] Mmmmm Brake light switches!

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 28 Aug 2003 at 21:34, Keith Park wrote:

> My notch just ate its 10th or so brake light switch!  There all old used
> units I have except for one new one (which failed the quickest).  Some go
> bad by requiring more pressure to work then failing, some just quit, some
> get a high resistance but still give dim brake lights...

Everyone seems to have problems with these, especially the Brazilian ones. I 
have to replace them every couple of years at the best. Bob Hoover has figured 
out a way to switch his brake lights with a microswitch on the pedal side of 
things.  

Some people claim that the silcone brake fluid is harder on them, but I can't 
be sure. It MAY just be that they seen to fail with the silicone quickly simply 
because they were already old when the silicone was installed.  

I heard that John Connelly was getting in some good German ones and I wanted to 
try them, but I haven't yet.  

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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