Brake light pressure switch
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Re: Brake light pressure switch
Thanks Neil - I will bleed the system anyway but I'm asking if the switch should have brake fluid inside it or just air ?
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Re: Brake light pressure switch
it works off fluid not air, the braking system should have no air in itColinoff471 wrote:Thanks Neil - I will bleed the system anyway but I'm asking if the switch should have brake fluid inside it or just air ?
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Re: Brake light pressure switch
I usually fill switch with a syringe, then put a small piece of cling film over end, then brim the t-piece with syringe to overflowing with kitchen roll around it to catch overflow, invert the switch and place end into top of fluid then carefully remove cling film making sure it is not damaged, always good to bleed as well but have done this before successfully without bleeding always assuming your switch is in the normal vertical position at the top of the system.
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Re: Brake light pressure switch
Thank you Edosan - apart from minor details that's exactly what I ended up doing before I read your post. Brake lights now work perfectly.
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Re: Brake light pressure switch
Thats a crafty tip that Ed thinking out of the boxEdosan wrote:I usually fill switch with a syringe, then put a small piece of cling film over end, then brim the t-piece with syringe to overflowing with kitchen roll around it to catch overflow, invert the switch and place end into top of fluid then carefully remove cling film making sure it is not damaged, always good to bleed as well but have done this before successfully without bleeding always assuming your switch is in the normal vertical position at the top of the system.
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First referred to as the Tight Yorkshireman in editions of the Clubs Spotlight: Autumn 1996 Page 40 and Autumn 1997 Page 15