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Re: brake light switch

To: RWM <RWM@rwmann.com>
Subject: Re: brake light switch
From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 07:29:33 -0600 (CST)
Oops, looks like I go it it backwards! Looks like I should have looked in
the manuals before replying.

Peace,
Pat

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Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor/Future planner, CS Dept,
University of Texas, 1 University Station C0500,Austin, Tx. 78712-1188 USA
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2004, RWM wrote:

> My '68 and '69 have mechanical plunger switches mounted below the
> steering column cross brace.
Normally "closed", they are held "open"
> when the brake pedal is at rest, held by the retraction spring.  Press
> down on the brake pedal and the switch closes, brake lights light.  The
> switch is supposedly designed to fail in the closed direction, but I
> have seen it fail open.
>
> - Bob Mann
>
> "Patrick J. Horne" wrote:
> >
> > I believe it is on the brake pedal, up under the dash. I think the only
> > cars that had hydraulic activated brake switches were the '68 and later
> > cars.
> >
> > Peace,
> > Pat
> >
> >  - Support Habitat for Humanity, A "hand up", not a "hand out" -
> >
> > Pat Horne, Network Manager, Shop Supervisor/Future planner, CS Dept,
> > University of Texas, 1 University Station C0500,Austin, Tx. 78712-1188 USA
> > voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
> >
> > On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, [iso-8859-1] Marko Lahtinen wrote:
> >
> > > where do I find the brake light switch?  what do I
> > > replace it with? how?
> > >
> > > my brake lights only come on if I really stomp on the
> > > brakes, a bit of a bummer for anyone following me.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance
> > >
> > > marko
> > > 64 1500






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