Replying to my own question here...
Since the local Moss agent had the switch for a measly $9.69, I'm just going
to replace it (much as I dislike the "just replace everything" school of
diagnosis -- what if doctors did that?).
on 6/14/03 9:20 AM, Max Heim at mvheim@studiolimage.com wrote:
> The other night another driver informed me that the brake lights weren't
> working on the B. I was astonished to hear this, so when I got home, I
> backed up to a fence and tried to confirm the problem. What I found out
> puzzled me. There was no sign of brake lights upon normal application of the
> pedal, but if I really really pushed hard on the pedal (I mean ridiculously
> hard, with both feet), the brake lights came on.
>
> I could come up with an explanation for this situation if there was an
> adjustable, pedal-mounted switch, as in some cars, but the B has a
> pressure-sensing switch in the brake line, which I always thought of as
> bimodal (on or off above a certain threshold), not as progressive. Anyone
> have any insight? Obviously the switch has not (completely) failed, and the
> bulbs work.
>
> TIA,
> Max
>
> --
>
> 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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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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