Hi,
one day when I was diddling around with the dash of my vanagon I got it into my head that I also had to press down hard on the pedal to get the brake lights to work. I checked the continuity of each switch and found that one was not as sensitive as the other. So, (and this may sound crazy - who am I kidding, it is crazy) I took my Makita palm sander (minus any sandpaper) and carefully "vibrated" the recalcitrant switch. You know, I'm convinced that it helped. Alistair
albell@uvic.ca '82 Westy, diesel=>I4 gas
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on 10/10/01 12:30 PM, Harold Teer at teerhb@HOTMAIL.COM wrote: > A public thank you to Stan Wilder, Joel Walker, Leon Korkin, Dave K., and > Sean B. for their suggestions on my problem of brake lights only working > when I pressed very hard on the brake pedal. > > Possible suggestions for causes of the problem included low brake fluid, old > brake fluid causing corrosion on switches, improper grounding, and poor > continuity in the wiring. > > Brake fulid level is fine and has been changed regularly. I will check the > grounding and wiring continuity. If that proves to be OK, I will replace > the switches based on the procedure given--remove 4 screws in instrument > cluster, put rag under switches, and quickly replace. > > Thanks again for all of your ideas--when I find the problem, I will post > again so that a solution will be in the archives. > > Harold >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Harold Teer > Harrisonburg, VA > teerhb@hotmail.com > '91 Westy > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > |
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