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Subject:Re: What's this broken connector?
From:mark drillock
Date:Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:49:54 -0700

The brake master cylinder has 2 brake light switches on it wired in
parallel for redundancy. That is for the other switch, melted away.

Mark

brett rueff wrote:
> Im installing a Rostra cruise control in a manual 91 vanagon (canadian with daytime running lights).... so I find the brake switch behind the instrument panel and trace the sets of wires coming off it so I can use a wire tap on the "hot" and "cold" side of the brake switch.  One set of hot/cold wires run to the main fuse panel area.  The other set run to a connector that appears to be broken and certainly doesn't connect to anything.  Anyone know what it might be?  Here are the pics:
> https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=photos&cid=7bf533a9aab41079#cid=7BF533A9AAB41079&id=7BF533A9AAB41079%21527&sc=photos
> https://skydrive.live.com/?sc=photos&cid=7bf533a9aab41079#cid=7BF533A9AAB41079&id=7BF533A9AAB41079%21528&sc=photos
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