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Date:         Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:11:42 -0600
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Faulty brake light switches
Comments: To: Ed McLean <email99@bellsouth.net>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2008112518593368@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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I replaced mine when people started telling me that my brake lights were permanently on.

Jim

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM, Ed McLean <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote: > The failure of brake light switches is very rare but it does happen. I > recently replaced the two brake light switches on my 86 Westfalia, not > because they quit working but because they were requiring too much pressure > to turn on the brake lights. When I installed the cruise control I used the > brake light signal to release the cruise when I stepped on the brakes so > this was an clear indication of when the lights came on. > > I noticed it took a fair amount of braking effort to release the cruise but > it was OK. As time went on it began taking more and more effort to the > point that the nose of the Vanagon would dip significantly from braking > before the cruise released. What finally convinced me to change the switch > was being stopped by the cops in a small eastern NC town on a Saturday night > for having no brake lights. However, when I stepped firmly on the brakes > and the brake lights came on they had no reason to investigate. I think > they (four deputy sheriffs in two cars by this time) were a bit disappointed. > > I replace the switches ($3.78 each) and now the brake lights are much more > sensitive to pedal pressure, as they should be. > > Ed > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ >

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