[Healeys] Brake Light Switch

[josef-eckert at t-online.de]

There are different threads for Healeys with or without brake booster.

Josef Eckert
Germany



-----Original-Nachricht-----
Betreff: Re: [Healeys] Brake Light Switch
Datum: 2019-07-28T04:51:56+0200
Von: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell at comcast.net>
An: "Linwood Rose" <linwoodrose at mac.com>

No problemo, Lin.  I would've figured a Jag part would fit a Healey, 
too.   If nothing else, I'll try a new switch from the 'usual suspects' 
and see if it's more responsive.

Bob

On 7/27/2019 6:25 PM, Linwood Rose wrote:
> Bob,
> I may be the one who recommended the Ron Francis switch. I didn’t use it on my Healey. I used it on my 64 Jaguar MK2. It worked just fine - no thread incompatibility problems. No leaks at all. It is hard to believe that the brass pipe junction on the Jag has a different thread than the Healey, but obviously something must be different. I apologize if I steered you in the wrong direction. I no longer have the Jag so I can’t check for you. Perhaps someone else will chime in.
>
> Lin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 27, 2019, at 8:42 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> A while ago, I bought a 'sensitive' brake light switch from Ron Francis Racing (IIRC, based on a recommendation from someone here).  Today I tried to install it and it has the wrong threads, which I only realized after fabbing a couple leads for it.  So my question is, does anybody make a higher-quality--i.e. more sensitive--switch that will actually fit a Healey's brake lines? I've got a mechanical switch, but would prefer to stay with the hydraulic if I can find one that doesn't take a quarter-pedal of motion to activate.
>>
>> Also, the threads on my (now broken) current switch appear to be machine, whereas the RFR switch was 1/8" pipe; anyone know what the correct size of the current switch is (I had to put it back in to stop the leak).
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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