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• Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:15:36 -0700
  There's a switch on the left side of the hand brake lever, down flush to the floor... please check that one... On Sat...
• Re: Brake lights won't turn off
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 25 May 2013 18:49:32 -0400
  ...I had a similar problem in my van with the brake lights, but it was because the booster was applying the brakes while the...
• Re: beeper for hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 10:41:12 -0700
  I ran a line from the light switch to the key in the ignition buzzer (with a diode to stop the electrons going the...
• Favourite Free Modifications
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sat, 13 Aug 2005 00:26:45 -0400
  ...2) I took out the brake warning light indicator and grafted another switch in its place for my driving lights. Looks stock. I use...
• Brake Light Switches
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:15:56 -0500
  ...From ETKA-7 --- Model VA, Year - 1991, MG 9, SG 45 Illustration 142-00 Two switches on the brake master cylinder are shown. # 17...
• Re: Brake lights won't work ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:30:28 -0400
  ...Brake lights won't work ... Hi to all, I am working on this brake light thing and after checking the switches, and grounds and...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 22:26:16 -0600
  ...Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER? >> >> Aaand on to my next issue: >> >> I have a '90 automatic Westy. The brake warning light in the instrument >> panel...
• Re: Weird going-ons!
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Mon, 11 Sep 2023 20:30:38 -0400
  ...This > could be due to one of the switches being defective. Does the light only > turn on when applying the brakes? Disconnect 1 at...
• Re: No brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Sat, 4 Dec 2010 11:01:56 -0500
  ...my Haynes and Bentley and no information on how the brake lights work other than a wiring diagram showing a 'switch'. > > -David (1987 Wolfsburg) >
• Need minor repair done in Gettysburg, PA area
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 06:58:17 -0400
  ...I am thinking it is either just a brake light switch or possibly a problem with the trailer light harness. I need a person...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:53:29 -0700
  ...cluster, I > got to thinking about the brake warning light plug. > > In Bentley, I see 15 from ign. switch goes to ign. coil, to...
• Re: Brake light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Fri, 27 Apr 2001 08:18:35 -0400
  Solved the problem, defective switch. I just couldn't believe that I would have the luck to go an buy a brand new but...
• Parking lights on one side only?
  Historical mailing list - Brian Cirulnick
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 18:30:44 -0400
  ...light, the rear side red marker light, and the rear light next to the brake light. Any ideas? Should I check the switch? TTYL...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:16:58 -0500
  ...only thing I lost was the brake lights themselves - >>> I still had power at the pressure switches, so it looks like the power goes...
• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 11:53:28 -0700
  ...Brake light switches >>> have not been replaced. Whine was there with the 1.9 engine and is >>> unchanged with my '93 Subaru 2.2...
• Re: Brake Light Switches
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 9 Sep 2010 15:43:52 -0700
  ...Year - 1991, MG 9, SG 45 Illustration > 142-00 > > Two switches on the brake master cylinder are shown. # 17 and #18. > > Number 17 shows...
• Re: Help me diagnose and fix no brake lights
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:06:31 -0700
  ...All other lights working. Brakes excellent, newish MC and brake light switches. All fuses look good. Where should I start looking? Thanks in advance...
• Tail light upgrade question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 09:49:23 -0700
  ...t melt my tail light lenses, are correctly balanced (brake brighter than running light), won't strain my headlight switch (thank you Dennis H...
• Re: Thought problem for Friday
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 16 Mar 2018 16:05:30 -0400
  Brake light switches are pressure-activated items. Maybe that’s something. Chris > Wiadomość napisana przez Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> w dniu 16.03...
• Re: 91 Carat - Turn Signals and Flasher
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:37:20 -0500
  ...I suspect a bad brake light switch - goes > along with maybe a bad master cylinder - both of which haven't been used in > near...
• Re: vw recall 800,000 jetta,beetles,golf, gti, r32 in u.s. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 18:19:20 -0800
  ...8-) My brake light switch on my 2004 Jetta has already failed once and was replaced under warranty. Maybe they will replace it again...
• Small Vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Sat, 27 Jan 2018 16:58:08 +0000
  ...Best, Jim Door interior light switches new and like new (6) Rubber bezel for above new (1) Black lighted heater slier bezel with light...
• Brakes, Synchro's and EV/Winn
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jul 1994 22:35:23 -0800
  ...Weird thing is that the 2 brake switches are wired in parallel, yet when one is disconnected the brake lights no longer work! Very...
• Re: Cruise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:07:52 -0500
  ...Vanagon factory cruise doesn't use the brake lights as an input. They have their own switches. Check out my video on Youtube for...
• Re: Brake warning light on
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:06:37 +0000
  ...hotmail.com> > wrote: > > My brake warning light is on. Everything seems OK so I want to see if the > switches on the master cylinder...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:28:01 -0800
  ...When I was chasing down my inop brake lights, I could check across the brake light socket terminals with the bulb out and the...
• Re: No stop lights, no lighter, but interior works on '84
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Masar
  Mon, 2 Jan 2006 18:45:59 -0700
  ...far, looks light brake light switch may be bad. > Parking-brake light works. > > What is correct procedure for troubleshooting brake light switch? > > John > > ----- Original...
• Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 25 Apr 2021 14:03:03 -0500
  ...But when I switch on my high beams, or honk the horn, the temp light flashes for the duration of the beep. Fun! Jeff...
• So why have the tiny push button, etc....)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 18 Apr 97 15:21:17 EDT
  ...button > switch (like the ones in the doorjambs) that turns off the brake light > when the parking brake is released. Bus parking brake handles...
• Re: Help, no brake lights!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 27 Nov 2004 09:17:55 -0600
  The switch for the brake lighls is on your master cylinder. Check it out. Stan Wilder Engine Ceramics 214-352-4931 www.engineceramics.com...
• Re: Tail light #
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 10:44:03 -0800
  ...more warning when I slow down, > but the stupid hydraulic brake light switch is no help with that. > > George/ATL > '89 Westy, Wernher > ________________________________________________________________ > GET...
• Re: Instrument cluster tab repair
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Mar 2023 17:00:44 -0700
  ...did it,,, Soon after You get it fixed You’ll need to fix a Brake Master Cyl’ leak or replace a brake light switch ~
• Update on brake indicator light
  Historical mailing list - Ed
  Wed, 11 May 2005 22:34:09 -0400
  I checked the switch at the handbrake. Disconnecting the ground does not make the light go out. I removed the connector from the level...
• Re: Bulbs, bulbs, and d&*m bulbs
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:41:24 -0500
  ...brake and side marker bulbs. Oh, yah, and instrument panel ones. > > Having spent the last several years slowing switching out my household lights for...
• Re: Switch to LED lighting
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 12:57:59 -0700
  Guessing LED 'fools' the CC that brakes have not been applied yet. BenT Sent from my LED taillights On Jul 2, 2010, at 12...
• Re: vw recall 800,000 jetta,beetles,golf, gti, r32 in u.s. (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:54:37 -0600
  ...from cnn "the malfunctioning brake lights and brake light switches could fail to come on or remain stuck on". this is an expansion of...
• Re: more bulbs...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 17 Nov 1999 21:08:18 -0700
  ...lighting... > > > Does anyone know if there are supposed to be lights at... > > > The headlight switch? > > > > No > > > > > > > > The emergency brake spot... above the headlight switch...
• Fwd: Factory Cruise Control Not Working
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 13 Dec 2017 20:17:33 -0800
  ...factory combo brake cancel switch with GoWesty’s kit. No problems there. This summer I installed GW’s exterior LED perimeter light kit which...
• Re: beeper for hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:01:13 -0700
  ...off; the engine would keep running until I pull the e-brake. The e-brake light was enough of a load to pull voltage...
• Re: Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 13 May 2001 09:48:08 -0500
  ...When I bought it, > the gas > gauge, the coolant level light and the temperature gauge didn't work > and the > brake warning light stayed...
• hELLA xl uPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Mon, 4 Oct 1999 03:41:00 -0700
  ...E-codes for $275 and no boots to seal them? Mounted the switch above the brake warning light on the dash(stereo amp rocker...
• Re: Daytime running lights.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:18:03 -0700
  ...The > system > makes it so that you can't effectively communicate with your > headlamps via > the light switch or the high beam stalk. Its...
• Re: Tail light #
  Historical mailing list - George Jannini
  Sun, 2 Dec 2001 12:37:35 -0500
  ...more warning when I slow down, but the stupid hydraulic brake light switch is no help with that. George/ATL '89 Westy, Wernher ________________________________________________________________ GET...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 11:16:12 -0500
  ...only thing I lost was the brake lights themselves - I > still had power at the pressure switches, so it looks like the power goes...
• Re: HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Wendell Hovey
  Tue, 15 Jun 1999 08:07:45 -0600
  ...This change supplies the > cruise with brake light reference voltage only when the cruise > switch and the ignition switch is on. > > c) I added...
• Re: Brake Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:04:51 -0800
  ...The brake system warning light stays > on when the engine is running. I checked the emergency brake release switch > and it is ok. This...
• Re: Automatric neutral safety / backup lights switch -- '84 Vanagon with sutomatic transmission
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 31 Jul 2016 12:43:06 -0400
  ...Having working reverse lights is almost as important as brake lights. As bad as most state inspection programs are at least they get folks...
• Brake light flickering--Should I be worried?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mancuso
  Fri, 17 May 96 13:50:24 -0400
  ...If I brake hard, I can get the light to come on and flicker brightly. 3. when I brake hard and it flickers, I...
• reverse lights - more wierdness
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Mar 1990 10:54:07 -0500
  ha ha - you thought my reverse light story was over !!! Reverse lights on my 83 Vanagon arent working - inspection overdue. Traced problem to switch...
• Fw: Any HVAC people out there
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 18:20:42 -0500
  VW content--fixed my brake light switch on my 74...probably has not functioned in years..... also fixed same light on my 81........ If...
• That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 12:31:32 -0700
  ...I'm gonna rig some alarm to sound when the Brake warning light is on and the transmission is in gear. Mellow Yellow has...
• Re: 91 Carat - Turn Signals and Flasher
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Thu, 26 Jun 2014 11:41:52 -0500
  ...I suspect a bad brake light switch - goes > along with maybe a bad master cylinder - both of which haven't been used in > near...
• Re: more questions
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sun, 19 Dec 1999 08:53:09 -0800
  Generally this seems to be either the light switch or the ignition switch. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Felix Bello <FelixBello@CS.COM> To: vanagon...
• Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup lights
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 11 Oct 2014 08:52:01 -0700
  I'm not sure, as the only thing I lost was the brake lights themselves - I still had power at the pressure switches, so...
• Re: Correlation of brake switch to blinking Temp LED?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 23:35:09 -0400
  ...the brake and hear a little 'click' from the brake >switch, like when moving forward a couple of feet or so... > >The light goes...
• 87GL- No Running Lights
  Historical mailing list - DOTTERER, JOEL CPT
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 09:11:24 +0200
  ...Headlites, turn signals, license lights and brakelights all work. Had a similar problem 2 years ago, replaced the light switch with a used one...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:09:54 -0800
  I also lost my brake lights when I added a trailer light connection into the rear taillight circuit. The problem ended up being a...
• Re: beeper for hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 23 Oct 2014 13:03:54 -0700
  > I would think it a simple matter to piggy back this buzzer to the > e-brake switch wire which runs to the fuse panel...
• Power Window Motor and Brake Light Switch Fun
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Mon, 14 Feb 2005 17:49:48 -0700
  Leaky brake light switch.. dregged up the info from the archives, primed the switch with a bit of brake fluid, then did the quick...
• Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 14:29:31 -0700
  ...I check the parking brake.' .. same as you might already do with headlight switch .. every time you turn the engine off, you check light...