[tcb] Re: Brake light question/theory
- From: "Gary P. Alexander" <meanmachine41@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 22:30:51 -0700 (PDT)
I got to thinking about your brake lite issue last night. Here's what I'd do
first, check the ground wires on the taillight housing , then clean the bulb
contacts and the contacts in the bulb holders, maybe that'll do it.
Also, could be a bad or failing brake light switch(s) down on the master
cylinder.
Great opportunity to change those out and bleed your brakes! See, I'm always
thinking of more ways for you to work on Donner.
--- On Fri, 6/6/08, julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx
<julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [tcb] Brake light question/theory
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, June 6, 2008, 10:44 PM
> Okay, here it goes, I've got a question/theory about the
> brake lights on my
> '71. Step back in time with me for a moment. I had an
> intermittent problem
> when applying my brakes, Donner would sometimes stall or
> come close to
> stalling. There was a crack in the check valve in the
> brake booster hose,
> so that was replaced and the brake booster hose was so old
> and crumby, it
> was replaced too but the local VW parts place did not have
> the proper
> reinforced brake booster hose. I was informed that the one
> I was buying was
> wimpier but I was assured that it would work fine and that
> the proper one is
> hard to find and way overpriced, so I went for the inferior
> one.
> My intermittent problem is gone which is very nice but
> twice I've heard from
> those following me in a cruise that my brake lights
> don't work. So both
> times I get back in the Bus and step on the brakes and the
> brake lights work
> but last night I realized that I can halfway apply the
> brakes and the lights
> don't come on. Can this possibly be related to the
> cheaper, wimpier brake
> booster hose? Or does anyone have a different idea on why
> this is happening
> or an idea of how I should fix it?
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