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Im guessing that you have the fluid pressure switch on the drivers side of the subframe, if you want to check your brakes lights and the circuit are ok . . . plug an on/off switch into the wires and operate manually, if brake lights work your brake light switch has an "open circuit" or is at fault and requires replacing.

I bought a few of these hydraulic brake switches recently, I dunno where made now (not Lockheed) but they are crap. I got 3 months out of 1 and 3 weeks out of another. Lengthen the 2 wires and fit a Clubby switch to the brake pedal box if you want a reliable switch. :wink:

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drmini in aust wrote:
BALLISTIC wrote:
Im guessing that you have the fluid pressure switch on the drivers side of the subframe, if you want to check your brakes lights and the circuit are ok . . . plug an on/off switch into the wires and operate manually, if brake lights work your brake light switch has an "open circuit" or is at fault and requires replacing.

I bought a few of these hydraulic brake switches recently, I dunno where made now (not Lockheed) but they are crap. I got 3 months out of 1 and 3 weeks out of another. Lengthen the 2 wires and fit a Clubby switch to the brake pedal box if you want a reliable switch. :wink:


Thats what I did :D
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I got a new pressure switch from Karcraft a few years ago and it is working fine.
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Morris 1100 wrote:
I got a new pressure switch from Karcraft a few years ago and it is working fine.

Probably it was made closer to London than Beijing then. :lol:

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drmini in aust wrote:
Morris 1100 wrote:
I got a new pressure switch from Karcraft a few years ago and it is working fine.

Probably it was made closer to London than Beijing then. :lol:

Sometimes it is cheaper to spend more in the first place.
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ok fellas got it all fixed indicaxtors just decided to start workin which was good :) also my brakes just was the sender unit not workin so replaced that and all fixed cheers by the way i got a mini aka my brother that was my thought in the first place no need to post 3 times :) cheers

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If they just started working on their own it was possibly a voltage problem that sorted its self out when the battery charged up.
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Morris 1100 wrote:
If they just started working on their own it was possibly a voltage problem that sorted its self out when the battery charged up.


yeah that's what I'm thinking. I knew it! I was right hehe :P Quite common for this to happen.

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