Plenty of German FTE 2 or terminal switches available from Airhead Parts
for the past 2 years.  No problems reported by customers, they go FAST here.

2 Terminal
http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-fuel-injection-relays/switch-brake-light-2-prong-german-113945515-h-gr

3 Terminal
http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/vanagon-fuel-injection-relays/brake-light-switch-3-prong-german-113945515-g

Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
Full Timing From March 1999 To January 2012
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On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 5:08 PM, sailingfc dslextreme.com <
sailingfc@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Yes, I stand corrected.  I meant to say the third terminal has no function
> for my '87.
>
> -Dick-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: vw_van_fan_Mark <madvws@COX.NET>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Sent: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:36:27 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: bad fit brake switches
>
> Not quite accurate. The 3 terminal brake light switch was stock for
> 80-84 vans and those used the 3rd terminal has part of a hydraulic
> system failure warning. So the 3 pin switch did not replace the 2 pin,
> it is the other way around. The 2 pin is the later switch version. VW
> deleted the hydraulic failure warning beginning with 85 vans and added a
> fluid level switch to the brake reservoir cap instead.
>
> Peter knows this of course.
>
> Mark
>
>
>  > When I ask VC about this, the 2 terminal is NLA and the 3 terminal
>  > is the replacement.
> >   BTW, the third terminal has no use on a Vanagon.
> >
> >
>