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Subject:Re: No brake lights
From:Jason
Date:Sat, 4 Dec 2010 01:21:38 -0500

Somewhere in the garage I have a box of brake pressure switches (new) for
those in need...

Jason

On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@q.com> wrote:

> In lieu of a better answer, the switches are on the side of the master
> cylinder in the speedo housing.  There are two, simply for the sake of
> redundancy.  When the second one fails, you have no brake lights.  Other
> possibilities exist, but you'll have to get those elsewhere than from me.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> |David M
> |Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 8:30 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: No brake lights
> |
> |I have no brake lights. I checked the fuse and the bulbs. Both good.
> |What next? I looked in my Haynes and Bentley and no information on how the
> |brake lights work other than a wiring diagram showing a 'switch'.
> |
> |-David (1987 Wolfsburg)
>

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