One other point that nobody has mentioned....
It's probably a good idea to bleed the brakes after putting in a new brake
light switch. You are letting a little air into the system when you take
it out.
Sumner Weisman
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:24:23 -0700
From: Troy Johnson <clancy@softdisk.com>
Subject: Re: Brake light switch
To those replacing brake light switches....I'm using a generic switch i
bought
from Auto Zone in my 78 Spitfire. Unless you are in to original or more
expensive, you might want to give it a try. It's worked fine for me for
about a
year now.
Sumner Weisman wrote:
> Robert,
>
> I put in a new brake light switch, which I purchased from one of the Big
3,
> and it only lasted for one year. After that I had to press the brake
pedal
> very hard to make the lights go on, harder than in normal driving. I got
> another new one, and it's been fine now for 1 1/2 years. Yours may be
bad.
>
>
> Disconnect the battery. Take off the two wires from the switch and put
an
> ohm meter across the switch. It should read infinity. (open circuit.)
> Step on the brake pedal. The meter should now read zero ohms (short
> circuit). If it does not read a low resistance, replace it.
>
> Sumner Weisman
> 62 TR-3B
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