Hi Max,
No particular insight on this, but I have had the same problem. My
cheap Lucas switch became unreliable after only 47 years. Moss carries
them. I replaced it.
Old one works fine on the workbench.
Bob
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:20:13 -0700 Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
writes:
> The other night another driver informed me that the brake lights
> weren't working on the B. I was astonished to hear this, so when I got
home,
> I backed up to a fence and tried to confirm the problem. What I found
> out puzzled me. There was no sign of brake lights upon normal
> application of the pedal, but if I really really pushed hard on the
pedal (I mean
> ridiculously hard, with both feet), the brake lights came on.
>
> I could come up with an explanation for this situation if there was
> an adjustable, pedal-mounted switch, as in some cars, but the B has a
> pressure-sensing switch in the brake line, which I always thought of
> as bimodal (on or off above a certain threshold), not as progressive.
> Anyone have any insight? Obviously the switch has not (completely)
failed,
> and the bulbs work.
>
> TIA,
> Max
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