Mail Archive Search: <+subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*brake\s+light\s+switch\s*$/>

Results:

References: [ +subject:/^(?:^\s*(re|sv|fwd|fw)[\[\]\d]*[:>-]+\s*)*brake\s+light\s+switch\s*$/: 18 ]

Total 18 documents matching your query.

1. Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Awgertoo@aol.com; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:29:44 EDT; The brake light switch on my 100 does not make a circuit unless I step on the pedal very hard. I don't see anything about adjusting it and wonder if anything short of replacing it can be done. BTW I; /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00043.html (6,925 bytes)
2. Re: Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Dave & M <rusd@velocitus.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 18:47:40 -0600; Hi Michael, I've been hearing this quite a bit lately. It's really strange, the original switches last something like 40 years plus. So far, my very original hydraulic switch still operates with very; /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00046.html (7,769 bytes)
3. Re: Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 21:15:46 -0400; Mike, in case you missed it I posted a page on adapting a $20 mechanical street rod switch to the pedal box and it is adjustable so you can set the arm to turn on the lights as soon as you move the p; /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00049.html (7,649 bytes)
4. Re: Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Blue One Hundred <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 09:52:29 +0800; When you replaced the switch, did you flush your brake system? You should do this periodically. The switch will accumulate crap in the system if there is loose rust, water, and rubber flakes floatin; /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00052.html (7,547 bytes)
5. Re: Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Awgertoo@aol.com; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 22:06:47 EDT; In a message dated 10/3/2005 9:52:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, healey.nut@gmail.com writes: When you replaced the switch, did you flush your brake system? You should do this periodically. The switch; /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00053.html (7,096 bytes)
6. RE: Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: "Len and/or Marge" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>; Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 19:20:59 -0700; Michael: The general concensus seems to be to install a switch in the brake pedal. I did this using a micro switch and a homemade bracket attached by the screws that hold the door assembly to the air; /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00055.html (7,964 bytes)
7. Re: Brake Light Switch (score: 1): Author: "Ben Prince" <blprince2@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 08:57:45 -0700; Dave DuBois sells a kit that makes the brake light switch work great on old MGs. I have had one on my MGTF for some time and it works quite well. As I recall, it consists of a relay, capacitor and di; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00547.html (6,776 bytes)
8. Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 23:40:24 -0400; I have pictures of my Streetworks street rod brake light switch as installed in my BJ8. Anyone wants to see them, send me an email. Dave 67 BJ8 60 BT7 60 Bugeye; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00616.html (6,536 bytes)
9. Brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>; Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 23:56:21 -0400; I have the web page for the brake light switch mod. ready for viewing. http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze2z49v/brake_switch.htm Dave; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00830.html (6,620 bytes)
10. brake light switch (score: 1): Author: "Bob Johnson" <robert.w.johnson@adelphia.net>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 07:41:19 -0400; After replacing the wiring harness, I still have no brake lights):-( Using an ohmmeter on the brake light switch, the switch works...it shows a circuit, but it does not show a dead short when the bra; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00106.html (7,352 bytes)
11. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:16:26 -0400; That's probably it. How much is "some resistance?" It should be in the neighborhood of an ohm. I would alligator-clip up a test socket with a stoplight bulb, right next to the switch. Then you'll kno; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00107.html (7,746 bytes)
12. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:52:02 -0400; As I read this, I realized its spectacular lack of clarity. By "neighborhood of an ohm," I meant somewhere between zero and two, to differentiate that neighborhood from double-digit ohms (or higher).; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00110.html (7,389 bytes)
13. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca>; Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:29:43 -0700; It's likely the switch. Just jumper the terminals at the switch - if the brake lights are then on all the time, you've proved it. Earl Kagna Victoria, B.C. BT7 tri-carb BJ8 After replacing the wirin; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00114.html (7,676 bytes)
14. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 16:39:43 -0400; Yes, big "D'oh!" from me. That's absolutely the way to check it. -- John Miller Baruch's Observation: If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00121.html (7,310 bytes)
15. RE: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: "Michael Salter" <msalter@precisionsportscar.com>; Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 08:24:35 -0400; Hi Bob, With all due respects, you are making a simple job very complex. With the ignition on if you join the 2 wires which go to the brake light switch together the brake lights should come on. If t; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00127.html (7,973 bytes)
16. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Dave Carpenter <d.carpenter7@verizon.net>; Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:52:49 -0400; Speaking of brake light switches. The street rodders have a great universal, adjustable mechanical switch available for $20. It works through an arm right against the pedal. It should bolt to the fir; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00138.html (7,491 bytes)
17. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: Alan Schultz <alan@andysnet.net>; Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 07:18:09 -0500; I added a mechanical switch to my BJ8 when my brother-in-law told me my brake lights weren't working. I was using the brakes lightly and not enough pressure to cause the in-line switch to function. I; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00148.html (8,123 bytes)
18. Re: brake light switch (score: 1): Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>; Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 06:40:55 -0400; I had the same problem with the hydraulic brake switch that you reported. I had installed a new one on my BN2 during the rebuild and had been driving around for months before someone, who had been b; /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00164.html (8,756 bytes)

Current List: 1 - 18
Page: [1]