[tcb] Re: Brake light question/theory

  • From: julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2008 08:27:59 -0500

Thanks for the info.  I'll get right on it, well more accurately, under it,
but while I'm under there, I would also like to know if I was a fool for
buying the inferior hose?  Should I buy the proper one and replace it?
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:30 AM, Gary P. Alexander <meanmachine41@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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