Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:16:23 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Brake Light Switches
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Mark,
Nobody yet has come right out and said "Yes - the three prong witch
will work in a two prong location!"
What's your view? Can I just put the three prong one in the two prong
spot, and simply ignore the fact that one prong has no useful wire?
John
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
On 10/18/2010 4:40 PM, mark drillock wrote:
> Ken, the switches could be changed to anything over the years on any
> van. The 85-91 dash wiring is different to use the 2 prong and the brake
> warning light on the dash uses the float switch for the brake fluid
> reservoir rather than the pressure difference like the 3 prong wiring
> used. I highly doubt that the 3 prong switches you saw in that 87 came
> in that 87.
>
> Mark
>
> Ken Wilford wrote:
>> Mark, I wish I could say that I have found what you have written to be
>> true. I just dealt with this issue with a customer with an 87 Vanagon
>> and he had the three prong switches. I would check before I ordered
>> because it seems more random than a specific year cut off. It takes
>> about 5 mins to remove the instrument cluster and look at the switches.
>> Unplug one of them and see if the lights go out. The switch that you
>> can unplug and it makes the lights go out is the bad switch. The
>> switches are wired in parallel so that one of them is redundant. If you
>> were really in a bind you could unplug the one and just travel the rest
>> of your trip home with just the one plugged in. I would replace both
>> since they are both the same age. I have the switches available if you
>> need them
>>
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>
>>
>> On 10/17/2010 5:05 PM, mark drillock wrote:
>>> The 80-84 used 3 pin brake pressure switches
>>> The 85-91 used 2 pin pressure switches
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Rodgers wrote:
>>>> '91 Carat, auto tranny (maybe they all have them) - brake lights won't
>>>> go of - stuck "On". pulled the fuse to protect the circuit.
>>>>
>>>> Question: Does the Carat - particularly the '91 Carat - use a pair of
>>>> three connector brake light switches - or 2 connector brake light
>>>> switches.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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