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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Bloody hydraulic brake light switches... |
I've just had a 2nd new switch cark it, this one only lasted 6 months. 
Previous new one lasted 3 weeks. Dunno where these are made now but I reckon they are crap. Original one lasted 35 years....... That's it- tomorrow HaHa is getting an ex-Clubby mechanical switch. 
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:41 pm ] |
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I don't think it is just brake light switches. I got my 1100 in 1998 and in the first two years I fitted three different oil pressure switches. I ended up getting a Hella switch and it was good. I changed the brake light switch about 5 years back and it is still fine. |
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| Author: | 13secmini [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:12 pm ] |
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Yeh kev, josh has a problem with his new one on the moke to, probably made in khazicstan
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| Author: | Zizzle [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:13 pm ] |
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Clearly you are just braking to hard... 
Hmmm... you're breaking your braking...
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| Author: | bubbos [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | crap switch |
we are now on our fourth switch.there must be a bad batch out there |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: crap switch |
bubbos wrote: we are now on our fourth switch.there must be a bad batch out there
BATCH??? 
They are ALL ****** bad, IMO!! 
Anyway even with a GOOD one, by the time the hydraulic type work, you have already thrown the anchor out and someone is 1/2 way up yer clacker... The mechanical one will bring the lights on BEFORE you get any brake pressure. 
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| Author: | Stuartminidlx [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:58 pm ] |
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my hydrolic one deid but now i have a mechanical one i'm not sure what it from but it's good. |
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| Author: | 1380 yellow devil [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:25 pm ] |
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Mine went years ago and so did Dads and he put a new one in and it only worked for a short while so now we all have the mech ones in and have not had a prob since |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: crap switch |
drmini in aust wrote: Anyway even with a GOOD one, by the time the hydraulic type work, you have already thrown the anchor out and someone is 1/2 way up yer clacker... Like oil pressure switches you can get brake light switches that will come on at different pressures. Mine comes on at a very low pressure, I can get the brake lights on well before the brakes are on. The switch that I replaced was the opposite, I could stop the car without the lights coming on! The mechanical one will bring the lights on BEFORE you get any brake pressure.
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| Author: | LS1380 [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bloody hydraulic brake light switches... |
That's it- tomorrow HaHa is getting an ex-Clubby mechanical switch. [/quote]
Yes fit the Clubby one.....Once again Clubbies exceed all expectations. |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 9:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Bloody hydraulic brake light switches... |
LS1380 wrote: That's it- tomorrow HaHa is getting an ex-Clubby mechanical switch. Yes fit the Clubby one.....Once again Clubbies exceed all expectations.[/quote] Only SOME Clubbys, later ones.... most got the now dreaded hydraulic type. 
hey if I didn't already have a Clubby one, it'd be getting one from something else.
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| Author: | sox61 [ Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:19 pm ] |
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i fitted 2 before i ditched it and put in one from a datsun i had lying around. neva had a problem since
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 9:38 am ] |
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Clubby mechanical switch is in now, I made a bracket from some Dexion slotted angle, and bolted it onto the pedal box.
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| Author: | Mick [ Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:34 am ] |
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The micro switches you need can be had from Dick Smith or Jaycar for less than 5 bucks. They're good for 10 amps so are more than adequate. |
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