I wonder how many Vanagons out there have one bad brake light switch? Probably quite a few since the only way you find out is when boith brake light switches have failed. Redundant systems are cool, but only if there is a method for letting you know the primary has failed. Happy Frydaye... Jeff
On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Warren Lail<wklail@gmail.com> wrote: > For now I'm staying in military/euro mode. Too much going on to take > the module apart right now. > > My brake light switches arrived this morning. I had a hell of a time > figuring out how to get to the one closest to the nose of the bus. I > eventually used a deep well 22mm socket and with an extension and came > up from beneath. I have read that if one has nimble fingers only a > few drops will spill. Of course that statement assumes that the > threads on the new switch are not boogered up (that's a technical > term). I quickly grabbed the second of the new switches and it > screwed right in. Turns out there was a small nick on the threads on > the first one I tried. I cleaned up the threads and used it in the > aft switch, no problem. Now I have normal brake lights! > > Now, I'll search the archives for third brake light setups, but does > anyone have a favorite third brake light? Preferably easy to install > and to wire up? > > TIA, > > Warren in Santa Fe (but on euro time). > |
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