I needed to leave my Cabriolet with the engine running parked on my drive. I was surprised to return and see the Brake Lights illuminated. Pressing the brake pedal and releasing it turned them off, but after a while they came back on. Would you recommend checking the adjustment of the current switch or simply replacing it?
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Richard Bosworth
216 Cabriolet Stop Lights
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Re: 216 Cabriolet Stop Lights
Checking the adjustment is free - replacing the switch isn't.
So guess where I'd start?
So guess where I'd start?
Out in the desert with an old Jeep and a Volvo.
Back home: wife's 1993 216 DOHC Cabriolet, daughter's 2002 R25 and my 1969 MGC GT
Back home: wife's 1993 216 DOHC Cabriolet, daughter's 2002 R25 and my 1969 MGC GT
Re: 216 Cabriolet Stop Lights
Just take it off and clean it sound like it's sticking , new one won't be muchrbosworth2016 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 11:32 am I needed to leave my Cabriolet with the engine running parked on my drive. I was surprised to return and see the Brake Lights illuminated. Pressing the brake pedal and releasing it turned them off, but after a while they came back on. Would you recommend checking the adjustment of the current switch or simply replacing it?
Thanks
Richard Bosworth
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Re: 216 Cabriolet Stop Lights
There was quite a long section of switch actuator rod showing at the pedal end of the switch. I managed to undo the lock nut and rotate the switch to move it closer to the pedal. There is now no play, so I suspect I will no longer get phantom brake light actuation. The only issue is the need to be a contortionist to slide ones body upside down under the steering wheel to get at the switch mechanism to do the adjustment.
Richard
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