No problemo, Lin. I would've figured a Jag part would fit a Healey,
too.  If nothing else, I'll try a new switch from the 'usual suspects'
and see if it's more responsive.
Bob
On 7/27/2019 6:25 PM, Linwood Rose wrote:
> Bob,
> I may be the one who recommended the Ron Francis switch. I didnâ??t use it on
> my Healey. I used it on my 64 Jaguar MK2. It worked just fine - no thread
> incompatibility problems. No leaks at all. It is hard to believe that the
> brass pipe junction on the Jag has a different thread than the Healey, but
> obviously something must be different. I apologize if I steered you in the
> wrong direction. I no longer have the Jag so I canâ??t check for you. Perhaps
> someone else will chime in.
>
> Lin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 27, 2019, at 8:42 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>> A while ago, I bought a 'sensitive' brake light switch from Ron Francis
>> Racing (IIRC, based on a recommendation from someone here). Today I tried
>> to install it and it has the wrong threads, which I only realized after
>> fabbing a couple leads for it. So my question is, does anybody make a
>> higher-quality--i.e. more sensitive--switch that will actually fit a
>> Healey's brake lines? I've got a mechanical switch, but would prefer to stay
>> with the hydraulic if I can find one that doesn't take a quarter-pedal of
>> motion to activate.
>>
>> Also, the threads on my (now broken) current switch appear to be machine,
>> whereas the RFR switch was 1/8" pipe; anyone know what the correct size of
>> the current switch is (I had to put it back in to stop the leak).
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
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