[T3] DOT 5 and brake light switches

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Fri Nov 6 20:32:40 PST 2015


On 6 Nov 2015 at 14:41, Sean Bartnik wrote:

> I read on a Porsche 356 forum where a guy's brake light switch failed
> two days after switching to DOT 5. He calls up the shop he bought the
> brake stuff from and they tell him to use a Harley-Davidson brake
> light switch. He does, and it works great. 

Yes, HD has used DOT-5 for quite a few years. This sounds like a 
promising alternative. Do you know what kind of pinout the HD switch 
has? Even if it's just a simple 2-pin switch, it might still be 
possible to make a simple logic circuit that would accomplish the OG 
3-pin function.

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