[T3] brake light switch

Dennis Stiefel dlstiefel at dekalbk12.org
Sun Jun 1 08:24:47 PDT 2014



Bob Hoover has already done this, but I'm not convinced that it's a good
solution. IIRC, he was tenative about it, too. I suspect that a good
solution could be done with a relay, so that the switches themselves never
saw the lamp current. The problem that I've seen with dead switches is that
there are plastic parts in there that overheat and melt. The OG switches
were a wonder of little metal
parts: springs, snap rings, and silvered contacts. I doubt if they are still
made to that level of quality, but I'd love to be wrong about that. And I'm
not willing to cut apart an expensive switch just to find out.

I should have bought a pair of them, just to test them.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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That makes sense on the heat.  The way I checked them was I put the car on
of the lifts at the school and before I raised it up I took the brake pedal
holder that is used on wheel alignment and came with our alignment machine
and put it on the brake pedal which holds it down and turn the ignition
switch on.  While I was checking to see if the switch was getting power and
then bypassing them to see if the lights come on I noticed one of the
switched was fairly warm. More warm than I was expecting.

Dennis Stiefel
72 Fastback FI MT
71 STD. Beetle
67 Ford F-100 (hart of Crown Vic)
Rainsville, AL


     




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