This should be an easy answer for all you mechanical guys out there.
Can't seem to get my brake lights working and a quick multimeter check on the two terminals on the stop lamp switch would indicate that I am not getting a circuit. I understand these switches corrode up and quit working periodically? Is that the case and do they need replacement every few years? The one on my car looks like it probably is the original.
Second question: I am assuming that because there is nothing said in my 51 shop manual about the replacement of the stop lamp switch, that it is simply a matter of removing the push-on terminal wires and unscrewing it from its seat at the rear of the master cylinder. Is that correct?
I don't want to do this without checking, and end up with brake fluid all over the place.
Any and all replies I thank you for in advance.
Dave D.
'51 4-dr Champion
Smithers, B.C.
Canada
Can't seem to get my brake lights working and a quick multimeter check on the two terminals on the stop lamp switch would indicate that I am not getting a circuit. I understand these switches corrode up and quit working periodically? Is that the case and do they need replacement every few years? The one on my car looks like it probably is the original.
Second question: I am assuming that because there is nothing said in my 51 shop manual about the replacement of the stop lamp switch, that it is simply a matter of removing the push-on terminal wires and unscrewing it from its seat at the rear of the master cylinder. Is that correct?
I don't want to do this without checking, and end up with brake fluid all over the place.
Any and all replies I thank you for in advance.
Dave D.
'51 4-dr Champion
Smithers, B.C.
Canada
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