[6pack] PDWA switch leak

[lfm614 at aol.com]

The electrical switch does not hold pressure the little o-rings on the piston inside do.  Not hard to push the piston out and replace the o-rings.  If you take the old ones and piston to a local supplier you can probably get them for less than $0.50 if you order them you'll pay many times more just in S&H alone. 

Lou 
72 Pimento 
------Original Message------
From: David Friedlander
Sender: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net
To: TR-6 list
Subject: [6pack] PDWA switch leak
Sent: Jul 10, 2011 8:11 PM

Hey team ~

I noticed my brake pedal getting lower, of late. Each time I went for a
drive I noted it
was a bit softer pedal. Now I'm at the point of saying I'm not driving ther
car until I
figure it out. Tried to bleed the brakes but kept getting bubbles and the
pedal wasn't
improving. So, I figured I had a leak in the system somewhere. After
investigation, it
appears that when I pump the brake pedal some, I get brake fluid (DOT 5)
coming up
out of the PDWA switch though the *top* of the nylon switch, around the
warning light
wire. Anyone (everyone) ever had this problem before? TRF wants $58.91 for
that little
nylon switch and, if there's a way to fix it without replacing it, I'd sure
like to know....

Thanks in advance, for any BTDT advice offered.

Dave
'74 Six

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