[Healeys] brake light switch

[Frank Magnusson]

sure!  that would be great.
thanks,
Frank
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Jaap Aeckerlin
  To: Frank Magnusson ; Healey forum
  Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:54 PM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] brake light switch


  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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