[Mgs] Brake lights kaput ....again

[Bob Howard]

  Max,
     TDs use a similar switch.  It's generally thought that replacement
switches these days are not as robust as the original switches. Perhaps
they are--perhaps they are not, but as many owners have installed halogen
bulbs, the load on the switches has increased.  In an effort to extend
the life of the switches, many have installed a relay.   In TDs, it's
easy and inconspicuous, and it wouldn't be difficult in the early MGB.
Bob
 
On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:01:53 -0800 Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> Last night I noticed my brake lights were inoperative. I'm sure it's 
> the
> goofy pressure switch again. The things only seem to last a year or 
> so.
> Maybe Moss could come up with a kit to install a 
> brake-pedal-actuated
> contact switch instead.
> 
> It's not the expense (since it's cheap), or the hassle (since it's 
> totally
> simple), it's the risk of letting air into the brake system every 
> time.
> Bleeding brakes on the B is quite tedious.
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires