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On each of the the switches, it swelled up the plastic till the pressure couldnt push the ball hard enough to make it move in and close the switch. It happened within a few weeks with OE units and within a week or so with one of the New ones I bought. > > 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. > > > 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. uh Oh, a FORD part on my car... well OK, maybe a Ford part from THAT Ford I can deal with :-) are the threads the same? Why does the new Ford use a pressure switch instead of the mechanical ones? Thanks, Keith > > Later, > John Jaranson > '66 Square (Sophy) > '71 Fasty (Jane - darkside project in waiting) > various parts.....don't we all. > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/jaransonT3/ > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/2004Invasion/ > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransonT3/notavwclub/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org >