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Re: [Mgs] Brake lights kaput ....again

To: Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>, MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Brake lights kaput ....again
From: Rick Lindsay <rolindsay@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:13:20 -0800 (PST)
Drill a hole in yours and fit the switch!  Yes, the
stock item has a welded-in boss that is threaded but
with two nuts, on on either side of the metal, you can
get the same result.

rick

--- Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Really? Have to check into that.
> 
> I just figured out that all I needed was a different
> pedal cover to use the
> pedal-operated switch. But they wanted too much
> money for one.
> 
> --
> 
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
> 
> 
> on 1/18/08 12:42 PM, Carl French at
> leylandauto@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > Max, I have heard that the 62-67 brake light
> switch crosses with the Volvo 122
> > switch and Volvo is still making an OEM one that
> is reportedly bombproof.
> >    
> >   Carl
> > 
> > Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >   Last night I noticed my brake lights were
> inoperative. I'm sure it's the
> > goofy pressure switch again. The things only seem
> to last a year or so.
> > Maybe Moss could come up with a kit to install a
> brake-pedal-actuated
> > contact switch instead.
> > 
> > It's not the expense (since it's cheap), or the
> hassle (since it's totally
> > simple), it's the risk of letting air into the
> brake system every time.
> > Bleeding brakes on the B is quite tedious.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Max Heim
> > '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> > If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> > it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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