Re: [T3] Back from the Hillclimb!

[John Jaranson <jaransonT3@comcast.net>]

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> One thing did really irritate me... after going through a half dozen 
> or so
> brake light switches before realizing that they arent compatable with 
> DOT5,
> I finally installed a mechanical one.  This switch was a nice 15 amp
> microwave oven door switch.  Guess what? It Died!  I think Ive had no 
> brake
> lights more often than Ive had them, and if I didnt have the cruise Id 
> never
> know that they quit!

Why aren't they compatible with DOT5?  I have been running DOT5 in 
Sophy since before Parma without trouble and I am sure Jim A. has been 
running DOT5 even longer.

> What next? I have a huge knife switch... wont look pretty but it will 
> be
> under the pedal cover... and THAT wont break!!
Keith, I will see if I can score you a genuine Ford GT brake switch.  
If it is good enough to signal a 550 hp, 210 mph supercar is stopping, 
I think it can handle a Type 3, even one as dark as some of yours. <G>  
I want to eventually wire in an electrical switch since it gives that 
fraction of a second or more earlier warning to the people following 
you.

We do have the disadvantage with our set-up that any switch will see 
more "environment" then most modern cars that hang the pedals from 
above.

Later,
John Jaranson
'66 Square (Sophy)
'71 Fasty (Jane - darkside project in waiting)
various parts.....don't we all.
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