[Healeys] brake light switch

[Jaap Aeckerlin]

Frank, I recently fitted a small micro switch and a relay (a micro switch
cannot accomodate the high current of the brake lights) to overcome the
problem of the hydraulic switch acting far too late. I can send you some
pictures if you like.
Jack Aeckerlin, The Netherlands
1964 BJ8 29432

2010/8/28 Frank Magnusson <fmags at cox.net>

> Has anyone found a substitute for the brake light pressure switch so that
> the
> brake lights come on at a lower pressure or found an easy way to mount a
> position switch on the brake pedal itself like most cars have?  It takes a
> fairly good stomp on the brake pedal to get the pressure switch to light up
> the brake lights.  This is the second switch I've put in over the years,
> but I
> don't think its a bad switch; I think its a design 'feature'.  I've
> followed
> other Healeys with the same obervation that a friend of mine had following
> me
> this morning; the brake lights don't come on until very late and only if
> its a
> fairly firm stop.  Tired of people almost running into me.
>
> thanks,
> Frank Magnusson
> Wichita, KS
> '65 BJ8
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