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Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches? TIA!
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:34 am
by Jim Ed
Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:40 am
by Steve Arndt
The old ones are higher quality than new stuff. I have a collection of old switches.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:10 am
by Jim Ed
Steve Arndt wrote:The old ones are higher quality than new stuff. I have a collection of old switches.
How much would you want for a couple of 3-prong brake light switches?
TIA!
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 9:20 am
by Steve Arndt
I won't have a collection if I start selling them! :p
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:39 am
by Piledriver
Steve Arndt wrote:I won't have a collection if I start selling them! :p
^^^^^
Word.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:08 pm
by sideshow
Wrecking yards are full of OEM switches, they are stashed in modern front/sideways engine cars and are rarely the reason they got bricked.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:37 pm
by Jim Ed
Jim Ed wrote:Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!
Yesterday I ordered two of these:
Brake Light Switch, 3 Prong, 1967 and Newer Models, OEM VW, 113-945-515G-OEM
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Brake-Ligh ... 5g-oem.htm
$18.95 each .
They shipped today.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 2:50 pm
by modernbeat
Jim Ed wrote:Jim Ed wrote:Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!
Yesterday I ordered two of these:
Brake Light Switch, 3 Prong, 1967 and Newer Models, OEM VW, 113-945-515G-OEM
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Brake-Ligh ... 5g-oem.htm
$18.95 each .
They shipped today.
Based on the photos, those are the PEX switches.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:15 pm
by Piledriver
sideshow wrote:Wrecking yards are full of OEM switches, they are stashed in modern front/sideways engine cars and are rarely the reason they got bricked.
As Sideshow noted, you could likely walk out of a junkyard with a toolbox full of good German brake switches for ~$5ish.
Many European cars <mid 90s are a potential source. Relays are cheap too.
(I happen to need a programmable wiper relay if anyone has or can score one cheap)
Risking immediate failure, I have not needed a brake switch in years.
If I simply could not get decent ones I would set up a GM style (or late VW) pedal operated setup like ~all modern vehicles use before buying mystery units that could cause brake failure. I'm not that big a fan of keeping it factory to be willing to die for it.
(I feel the same way about early seat rails. So did VW)
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:52 am
by Steve Arndt
You don't even have to bend over if you steal them from a 80s/90s Volvo. They are right by the hood hinges.
Edit snag the snap in fluid reservoir too.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:33 pm
by Jim Ed
modernbeat wrote:Jim Ed wrote:Jim Ed wrote:Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!
Yesterday I ordered two of these:
Brake Light Switch, 3 Prong, 1967 and Newer Models, OEM VW, 113-945-515G-OEM
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Brake-Ligh ... 5g-oem.htm
$18.95 each .
They shipped today.
Based on the photos, those are the PEX switches.
No. not PEX switches. they are stamped 'FTE' on them.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches?
Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 6:15 pm
by petew
You guys jinxed me. Read this post and 2 days later the brake lights stopped working. What do you think caused it? That's right, one of these suckers! Although mine are only 2 prong.
Re: Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches? TIA!
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:57 am
by Jim Ed
Maybe if I stop stomping on the brake pedal so hard the brake light switches will last longer.