Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:14:16 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: brake light issues
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The switches are pressure switches and as such you need to have the engine
on to supply vacuum to the booster to properly test them.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 7:38 AM, Warren Lail <wklail@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jack,
>
> I think I'm going to replace both switches anyway, but I have my ohm
> meter out and I disconnected both switches. I then touched the
> terminals to each switch and put pressure on the brakes. They both
> give a reading if I press hard, but neither if I only use light
> pressure. Hopefully changing the switches will solve the problem, but
> is there anything else I should be looking for?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Warren Lail
> 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
>
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Jack R.<jack007@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Warren,
> >
> > Change both brake light switches, and make sure you have flushed your
> brake
> > fluid as well so there is no crud plugging the ports.
> >
> > It is easy to test the switches, just remove the instrument cluster, then
> > pull the plugs on the switches. Next, put an ohm meter on the two
> opposite
> > plugs and press the brake pedal.
> > Noting the pressure to get the ohm meter to show closed. You will see
> which
> > switch is bad.
> >
> > I just went through this over this past weekend... and had a 1 year old
> > switch I replacemed go bad on me.
> >
> > I now have brake lights with light pressure.
> >
> > Jack R.
> > 84 Westy with 2.1 synco motor
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > Warren Lail
> > Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 10:58 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: brake light issues
> >
> > Greetings everyone,
> >
> > I'm having brake light issues. It seems that when I press my brakes,
> > the brake lights only come on when I press particularly hard. I
> > searched the archives and someone (Mark Drillock, I think) said that
> > in this situation possibly one of the brake light switches was bad and
> > to switch the wires from one to the other to find out which one. I
> > did that and the result was the same - no brake light until I press
> > firmly on the pedal.
> >
> > So, do I have two brake light switches bad or does this seem like
> > something else? All comments and suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Warren in Santa Fe
> > 88 Westy "Billy Bones" 4-speed manual with Subie 2.2 engine.
> >
> >
>
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Jake
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