I take it that it doesn't have the original style bugeye pedal box in it
because the original box does not have any provision for a brake light
switch as it is mounted on the passenger side wheel arch? If you need an
original style pedal box I should be able to help.
Leo (aka IRIS)
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Zuchowski <tzuchow@ibm.net>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, August 30, 1998 1:37 PM
Subject: Brake problems
>I have a Bugeye with Mk IV dual-circuit master cylinder and brakes
installed
>by the PO. Last outing the brake switch quit on me. I just got it all
>apart, and it turns out that the pedal box bracket has been reamed out to
>take some unknown switch that was epoxied in place. To make matters worse,
>it appears that the switch probably went bad because the master cylinder
has
>been weeping fluid.
>
>My first questions concern the master cylinder. The car sat for 9 years
>until just a few months ago. At the time I rebuilt the brakes, the master
>cylinder seemed fine, although the brake lines were mostly empty because a
>major leak had developed on a rear wheel cylinder. Is there any chance that
>the master cylinder is all right, or am I facing a rebuild or replacement?
>If I can't trust it, how do you go about rebuilding it? I bought a kit for
>it, but I don't see any way to get it apart! The snap rings are WAY down a
>narrow bore. What are my options here? I'll buy a new one if I have to, but
>I can think of other places to put $190!
>
>Second, I would like to replace or somehow rebuild the pedal box to take
the
>proper, adjustable brake light switch. Does anyone have any suggestions in
>this regard? Any place that might have pedal boxes for sale? Anybody who
>wants to sell one?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Tom Zuchowski
>'61 Bugeye
>Clemmons, NC
>
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