brake light switch mod
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Laughing Gas
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From: La Ronge Saskatchewan
brake light switch mod
Well I am driving the 59 again for awhile but the damn brake lights aren't working........again.
Seems once a year i have to replace the pressure switch. I think what is happening is that as the brakes are applied the contact in the switch arcs a bit and over time the contacts burn.
The same kind of switch is in the Plymouth and after 3 years i haven't replaced that one. Maybe the NAPA switches aren't any good ?
Any suggestions, opinions.
I have seen a company that makes a mechanical switch i can mount to the pedal to get rid of the pressure switch activation.
Seems once a year i have to replace the pressure switch. I think what is happening is that as the brakes are applied the contact in the switch arcs a bit and over time the contacts burn.
The same kind of switch is in the Plymouth and after 3 years i haven't replaced that one. Maybe the NAPA switches aren't any good ?
Any suggestions, opinions.
I have seen a company that makes a mechanical switch i can mount to the pedal to get rid of the pressure switch activation.
Lead Driver
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Colonsay Sk. Canada
In all my trucks, even with the ones that I have had electrical issues I have never had a pressure switch fail. But what you could do I suppose is convert to a system like a 1973-86 Ford has and mount a switch on to the brake pedal itself inside the cab. They work like you courtey lights on a door and simply cutoff by pressure from a stationary piece of metal hitting a switch.
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From: North Central Rural Sask.
Maybe a short somewhere else in the system that jiggles once in awhile and wears the switch out.
Have you went through and checked out all the grounds and whatnot of the brake system?
Have you went through and checked out all the grounds and whatnot of the brake system?
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