.. sounds simple, instead of having a switch that connects a hot wire
all that you have to do is completely reverse the wiring to your
brakes so that it now connects a ground wire..
heh..
Lester
On Jun 26, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Jim Johnson wrote:
> And now for something completely different....
>
> I have a wiring anomaly on the 1968 Midget. In doing out the brakes,
> I am replacing the brake failure switch. The old one got hammered
> somewhere along the line by somebody years ago. When the new switch
> came in, it has two pins on it. The old one has only one pin and there
> is only one wire in the harness that goes to the switch. I poured over
> all the wiring diagrams in the book but couldn't find one with a
> single wire. They all have two! Then I looked at my nice Prospero's
> diagram and it shows just one!
>
> So..... will the two pin switch (nobody seems to have a single pin
> switch) work? Do I have to short one of the pins to ground? Oh! For
> reference sake, my compensator valve is the "H" shaped one, not the
> "X" shaped one...
>
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled flood of drivel
> emails....
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
> --
> The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools.
> -Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
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