>I have the spiffy check light switch in my dash, but if I want to check it, I
>have to push the button. It don't work when the handbrake is pulled, nor when
>the shuttle in the brake proportioning valve is pushed off-center (did this
>during brake overhaul).
>Is my diode burned out? Missing? Where would I find this mythical diode?
Neither the switch on the handbrake lever nor the diode were used before
1977. I didn't know before studying the wiring diagrams just now.
>It is imperative that I find and deal with this previously-unknown-about part,
>before it realizes I know it may exist, and fails suddenly, or encourages
>another part to go berserk.
The acid test of the "a part will only break once you know of its existence"
theory would be to see if a diode can spontaneously generate itself on your
car . . . then detroy itself.
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Jay Tilton
jtilton@vt.edu
http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/J/jtilton/index.html
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