[Tigers] Brake light switch

[Jay Laifman]

Here it is.  Nothing fancy.  The hardest part was getting the angles
right.  I used some cardboard and made some demos to get it right.

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com> wrote:

> I made my own for my Alpine after too many failures of the switch.  I'm
> happy to take a picture and send it.  I drove the Alpine to work today.  So
> I can go out and take a shot shortly.
>
> I just went to a local auto store and looked through their brake switches
> for the different cars and bought one - I think I got a GM one.  I built a
> bracket, and ran two wires to where the stock hydraulic one is, with two
> male electric ends.  So I didn't do any changes to the car itself - except
> for mounting the bracket I made.
>
> FWIW, I highly recommend people routinely check how much pressure it takes
> to put their brake lights on whenever a shiny car or truck stops behind
> them.  These things just don't last.  I even researched and found the best
> supplier, got it from them.  Still didn't last.  That's when I gave up.
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Ron Fraser via Tigers <
> tigers at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Stu
>>
>>                 I feel your pain when it comes to the charging system.
>> The generator system on my Tiger was a problem from day one.
>>
>> After years of researching and thinking about converting to Alternator I
>> finally pieced together a conversion I was happy with.
>>
>>
>>
>> Parts needed
>>
>> 1965 style Ford Alternator
>>
>> One of those one wire voltage regulators you attach to the back of the
>> alternator
>>
>> Make an alternator bracket
>>
>> Make the original voltage regulator into junction block
>>
>>
>>
>> I wrote this article up in 2003 and TE/AE published it in the Rootes
>> Review – not sure which one
>>
>> I included a drawing for the bracket, wire diagram and instruction for
>> making the VR into a junction block
>>
>> The alternator bracket is only good for the Ford style alternator; any
>> other alternator would require an different bracket
>>
>>
>>
>> For a totally stock look you would have to get one of those Alternators
>> that looks just like a generator.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ron Fraser
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Tigers [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] *On Behalf Of *Stu
>> via Tigers
>> *Sent:* Sunday, August 06, 2017 4:19 PM
>> *To:* Tiger Net <Tigers at autox.team.net>
>> *Subject:* [Tigers] Brake light switch
>>
>>
>>
>> The Tiger has been taunting me this year.  The charging system, running
>> lousy, then good, then lousy again, etc., all keeping me from the project
>> I'd planned to do.  This time its the hydraulic brake light switch.
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I know, The warnings have been out there for years.  But this time
>> I'm changing to a mechanical switch.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, does anyone out there have pictures of the bracket they built to hold
>> the switch on the brake pedal arm?  I'm looking for ideas.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stu Brennan
>>
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