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Old May 17, 2013 | 06:08 PM
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Brake lights

My brake lights on my 53 quit working. Could it be the brake switch? It is a stock master cylinder under floor with stock switch.
 
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Old May 17, 2013 | 06:14 PM
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The stock pressure switches are long known for failures. A more serious problem with these switches is when they deteriorate and take extreme pressure as in a panic stop to come on. You want the brake lights to come on when you make an easy stop. Replace the switch, less than $10.00 many places. Clean the wire contacts, too.
 
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Old May 18, 2013 | 01:51 AM
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Crawl underneath, pull the wires off the switch and run a jumper wire between the two wires. If the lights come on then the switch is bad, if you still have no lights then the problem is elsewhere.
 
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