brakelight switch
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eggman918
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brakelight switch
I have given up on stock switch..Is it just me ? I have installed a V/W bug hydraulic switch with a trailer brake tee re taped to 1/8"pipe thread 8 months and counting
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Steve
The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
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There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
"you must deal with the attaboys and the ass chewing s with your head up and looking them in the eyes" T.J.E. aka My Dad
There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
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bluef250
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Re: brakelight switch
That's a good idea.
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cep62
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Re: brakelight switch
No need to go VW, Ford did the same in the early '60's
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eggman918
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Re: brakelight switch
never knew thatcep62 wrote:No need to go VW, Ford did the same in the early '60's
Steve
The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
"you must deal with the attaboys and the ass chewing s with your head up and looking them in the eyes" T.J.E. aka My Dad
There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
"you must deal with the attaboys and the ass chewing s with your head up and looking them in the eyes" T.J.E. aka My Dad
There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
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70_F100
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Re: brakelight switch
I've got the factory switch in my 70.eggman918 wrote:I have given up on stock switch..Is it just me ? I have installed a V/W bug hydraulic switch with a trailer brake tee re taped to 1/8"pipe thread 8 months and counting
I don't know how long it was in the truck before I got it.
I've owned it since 2005.
4 years, 7 months and counting!!
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! 
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! -
eggman918
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Re: brakelight switch
In my truck they would last about 6-8 months and then start sticking in the on position...in the morning dead battery. 
Steve
The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
"you must deal with the attaboys and the ass chewing s with your head up and looking them in the eyes" T.J.E. aka My Dad
There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
The"Filthy Beast"- '68 F-250 Crew Cab 131"W/B 4x4 4BT compounds hx30/Wh1c,5x.012" sac injectors/ZF 5/NP203-205 /3.54 44 trutrack front/60 trutrack rear on 33's. 2nd owner
"Beauty is only skin deep....Ugly is to the bone"
It is more important to understand what you don't know than what you do know,because then you can start to learn..???
"you must deal with the attaboys and the ass chewing s with your head up and looking them in the eyes" T.J.E. aka My Dad
There are only three types of people wolves, sheepdogs, and sheep. What are you?
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70_F100
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Re: brakelight switch
I've seen that a lot of times with manual brakes. The pedal doesn't always return to the full up position. This is especially true once the master cylinder gets a couple of years on it.
With power brakes, it seems the booster pushrod is more likely to return to the same position each time, with a more solid "top" for the brake pedal, resulting in a better adjustment of the switch.
With power brakes, it seems the booster pushrod is more likely to return to the same position each time, with a more solid "top" for the brake pedal, resulting in a better adjustment of the switch.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.--Plato
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!!
Why is it that there's seldom time to fix it right the first time, but there's always time to fix it right the second time???
That's not an oil leak
That's SWEAT from all that HORSEPOWER!! -
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Re: brakelight switch
I have sticking brake lights on my 69. The problem is with dry sticky pedal pivots. Occasionally I have to pull the manual brake pedal up with the top of my foot. (I have done a full brake job with totally new hydrualics)
What it needs is to have the clutch and brake pedals removed, pivots cleaned and lubricated and maybe repalce the nylon bushings.
Too much trouble for now, maybe next week . . . . .
As for your hydrualic switch they were the auto industry standard from the 1930s all the way up to mid 60s (Ford passenger cars last used hydrualic switches in 1964)
The problem is that for whatever reason (age, design, new brake fluid?) they commonly fail and you lose your brake lights.
The guys who have 50s cars commonly mount a new style mechanical switch and then wire it so that it LOOKS like they still are using the hydrualic version. 100% reliable.
What it needs is to have the clutch and brake pedals removed, pivots cleaned and lubricated and maybe repalce the nylon bushings.
Too much trouble for now, maybe next week . . . . .
As for your hydrualic switch they were the auto industry standard from the 1930s all the way up to mid 60s (Ford passenger cars last used hydrualic switches in 1964)
The problem is that for whatever reason (age, design, new brake fluid?) they commonly fail and you lose your brake lights.
The guys who have 50s cars commonly mount a new style mechanical switch and then wire it so that it LOOKS like they still are using the hydrualic version. 100% reliable.
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deranged72f100
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Re: brakelight switch
my 72 still has the old switch, it works, even when i hit the clutch the brake lights come on 
, now talk about keeping people off your bumper when shifting
, now talk about keeping people off your bumper when shifting -
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deranged72f100
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Re: brakelight switch
a little isn't the word for it, but the brakes doesn't stick so i won't touch it for now