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One way to handle the long pedal throw is to do what Porsche did on many cars. Put the normally closed switch on the driver's side of the pedal, so it's held "open" by the brake pedal arm when the brakes aren't being pressed, and closes as the pedal moves, and the arm comes off the switch. I've even seen the switch itself used as the stop on some cars (not Porsches). --- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > On 3 Oct 2005 at 21:16, Dave Hall wrote: > > > Ooh, how different your LHD pedal cluster is from our RHD. Ours have tubes > the > > pedals arms are welded to. > > So are ours, the only difference is that ours are shorter and stick out the > other side. > > > I was wondering how to connect a microswitch to > > ours - the stroke of the arm would be large at times, even near the > bottom.. > > John's solution was a pretty nice one. He found a place that his microswitch > could hit and that would get out of his way as the pedal traveled forward. > > > Talking about brake light switches, one of the club members bought ten NOS > > master cylinders for RHD Type 4s. Aside from the wisdom or otherwise of > this, > > there are 2 brake light switches on each one - genuine German ones maybe. > Could > > be a useful resource. > > :Yes, replacement ATe MCs could be had with or without the switches. If one > came across a stash of NOS MCs with switches, they could be valuable for the > switches alone. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ______________________________________________________ Yahoo! for Good Donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. http://store.yahoo.com/redcross-donate3/