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Location: Melbourne
Could some one please let me know if the brake light switch is operated by a spring connected to the brake pull rod or is it a different arrangement altogether. A spring seems to need to be a fairly strong one with more pedal travel required than I would like. The switch is the standard Lucas type and has been reconditioned.
I thought it was a spring originally but maybe not.
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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
Mine has a spring and it’s easy to adjust by loosening the clamp on the brake rod and tightening up when you have enough travel to switch the brake lights on.
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Location: New Zealand
Car type: Austin 7 Ruby 1938
My 1937 Ruby has a brake light switch pulled "on" by a spring attached to a brake as described by Ivor. Another spring inside the switch returns the switch to the "off" position when the brake pedal is released.
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OK a spring it is then. Thanks for the replies.