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Location: Southern California | Hi need help converting my 60 Chrysler Windsor pressure brake switch to a mechanical brake switch.
Any tips? Which one to get? I'll need the bracket that holds to the colum , wire harness, and switch of course
Thanks
Also any pics of your setup would be great
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Location: NorCal |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | I did the conversion to my 60 Saratoga as well, ran the wires back through the firewall and connected to a 1962 Chrysler mechanical brake light switch, and fabricated a bracket myself. The switch is activated by the brake pedal knuckle connected to the push rod of the master cyl.
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Location: Hayward, Calif | That's pretty much the same way I did wife's 59 dodge I working on. Also had to make a mounting bracket. Jerry |
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Location: Southern California | thanks guys |
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Location: Valley Forge, Pa. | I went to a parts place and asked for a generic 2 terminal switch. Mine will only be seen by me, so I can't see buying a possibly harder to find early MOPAR switch. IF the generic one should ever fail, you can buy a new one in stock at any parts place. Because he wasn't sure how to find the part, I think I just said bring me one for a 76 Monte Carlo or something GM in that era but try just asking for a generic 2 terminal switch.
I went to a home improvement store and got a pre-holed building construction bracket that was fairly heavy but not to heavy that I couldn't bend it as I needed and mounted it to the column so that the switch pin just touched the pedal and was very slightly depressed. I believe I had to open the hole up a little to fit the switch. The switch is threaded a long way so you put a nut on both sides of the bracket and adjust it in or out to the correct distance. Again, the bracket does not have to be REAL heavy as there should be only lite pressure on the switch pin. You can mount the switch just about anywhere it can touch the pedal that will move enough as soon as you touch it.
I just pulled the wires back through the fire wall that went to the MC switch and put slide on connectors and that was it. Nice thing is about this set up as compared to the MC switch is it can be changed quickly without opening into the brake fluid, only the switch itself can fail, nothing to do with rust, water, dirt in the fluid, leaks, poor terminal contact, low fluid, ect.
I guess, if you are running a correct MC, you could leave the switch and put on dummy wires? |
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Location: northern germany | they are always on ebay, with brackets. it was a popular conversion back then, as they seemed to have trouble with the hydraulic switches (have a factory bulletin about this). |
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Location: Hayward, Calif | I also got a generic switch from Napa. They have a large selection and if it ever fails it can be easily purchased again. Jerry |
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Location: Park Hills, KY | Will this work for a 1960?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1965-1966-CHRYSLER-DODGE-PLYMOUTH-BRAKE-LIG... |
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Location: Victoria, BC, on Vancouver Island, Canada | It's a different bracket than the one I used but I'm sure it could be adapted, as I had to do with mine. Same switch as mine. |
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Location: Ramona, CA | So are the original switches just bad? I just got my car and the brake lights don't work. I ordered a new switch for the master cylinder. |
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Location: Southern Sweden - Sturkö island | Nick, as long as you use DOT 3 brake fluid, the hydraulic switches works good, howeer there's a slight delay in time before the pressure threshold closes the circuit.
If you plan to use synthetic brake fluid, then the switch will be auto-destructive
With a mechanical switch, it's possible to adjust more sensitive and you coul light up the brake lights only by depressing the pedal just a little |
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Location: Ramona, CA | Thanks. I'll try the new switch first. If that doesn't work I'll put one on the pedal. Definitely don't want to drive around with no brake lights. |
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Mechanical brake light switch for 60 Windsor ?
