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Date:         Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:18:31 -0400
Reply-To:     Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: brake light issues
Comments: To: Warren Lail <wklail@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <c448fd1d0907191958i1ba50681xafcba64d1546ae8@mail.gmail.com>
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Well, the brake light switches are on your master cylinder. You could pull your cluster and test them with a VoltOhm Meter. Should make diagnosis a bit easier.

On Jul 19, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Warren Lail wrote:

> 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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