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drmini in aust
PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:29 pm 
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I've just had a 2nd new switch cark it, this one only lasted 6 months. :x
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. :D

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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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Yeh kev, josh has a problem with his new one on the moke to, probably made in khazicstan :D

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Clearly you are just braking to hard... :wink:

Hmmm... you're breaking your braking... :D

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we are now on our fourth switch.there must be a bad batch out there

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drmini in aust
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:27 pm 
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bubbos wrote:
we are now on our fourth switch.there must be a bad batch out there

BATCH??? :lol: :lol:
They are ALL ****** bad, IMO!!
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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. 8)

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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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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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PostPosted: Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:42 pm 
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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...
The mechanical one will bring the lights on BEFORE you get any brake pressure. 8)
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! :lol:
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That's it- tomorrow HaHa is getting an ex-Clubby mechanical switch. :D[/quote]
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Yes fit the Clubby one.....Once again Clubbies exceed all expectations.

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LS1380 wrote:
That's it- tomorrow HaHa is getting an ex-Clubby mechanical switch. :D

:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Yes fit the Clubby one.....Once again Clubbies exceed all expectations.[/quote]

Only SOME Clubbys, later ones.... most got the now dreaded hydraulic type. :shock:

hey if I didn't already have a Clubby one, it'd be getting one from something else. 8) :lol:

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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 :D

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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. 8)

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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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