216 Cabriolet Stop Lights

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rbosworth2016
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216 Cabriolet Stop Lights

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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
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Re: 216 Cabriolet Stop Lights

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Checking the adjustment is free - replacing the switch isn't.

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
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Re: 216 Cabriolet Stop Lights

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rbosworth2016 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
Just take it off and clean it sound like it's sticking , new one won't be much 👍
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Re: 216 Cabriolet Stop Lights

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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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