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Re: Question on Rear Tail Lights

To: "Blue One Hundred" <international_investor@yahoo.com>,
Subject: Re: Question on Rear Tail Lights
From: "tom felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 08:00:37 -0400
The bulbs themselves work fine (didn't break)  The concern was if the extra
current it takes to light them affected the brake light switch.

Thanks
Tom


> [Original Message]
> From: Blue One Hundred <international_investor@yahoo.com>
> To: tom felts <tomfelts@earthlink.net>; healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 4/21/04 12:29:39 AM
> Subject: Re: Question on Rear Tail Lights
>
> Tom -
>
> Your brake light switch is going bad.  You need to
> replace it.  That's why you have to stomp on the pedal
> to make the brake lights work.
>
> Halogen rear tail lights always break, they are too
> sensitive to handling with fingers.  I've gone through
> half a dozen myself to find a couple that work.
>
> There are now LED tail lights available which I have
> been looking into.  There is even a chap in England
> who makes high intensity LED 1157's in positive ground
> if you can believe that!  I'd suggest going that way
> if you want to improve light coming out the back of
> the car...the only thing with the LEDs is they may not
> work with a standard flasher... you may need to keep
> standard incandescent 1157s on your front turn
> signals... unless you switch to a solid state flasher
> like I have on my BJ8.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Alan
>
> '53 BN1 '64 BJ8





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