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BUSBOSS
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 Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: Small Switch Near Parking Brake Handle |
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My camera is recharging right now so I don't have a pic.
I'm hoping someone can tell me what the small switch (almost looks like a door buzzer/light contact switch) near the base of the parking brake handle is for on my 76 Westy. If its a PO add on, I guess I'll have to trace it under the dash tomorrow.
I looked in Bentley and Muir and didn't see it in either.
Thanks!
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VDubTech
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Turns the brake light on in the dash when the e-brake is on. It's factory.
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encsdaddy
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| Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: Small Switch Near Parking Brake Handle |
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If I am not mistaken that switch turns off the yellow
brake warning light. The light on the dash is to remind
you to release the parking brake. 
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BUSBOSS
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Thanks guys! I knew it was a stupid question but I had to ask. It seems an unusual design for that purpose.
Thanks again!
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phoneguy
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Can someone tell me what color wires you have going to this switch, I have brown (grd) and light green (light doesn't work), I looked at a wiring diagram and it looks like it should be red and blue ?
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Keith
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| Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 4:50 am Post subject: Re: Small Switch Near Parking Brake Handle |
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| encsdaddy wrote: |
If I am not mistaken that switch turns off the yellow
brake warning light. The light on the dash is to remind
you to release the parking brake. |
That light is supposed to be red, they just fade to that clear/yellow color over time.
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phoneguy
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| Can someone tell me what color wires you have going to this switch, I have brown (grd) and light green (light doesn't work), I looked at a wiring diagram and it looks like it should be red and blue ? |
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| Can someone tell me what color wires you have going to this switch, I have brown (grd) and light green (light doesn't work), I looked at a wiring diagram and it looks like it should be red and blue ? |
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It's white/green on all the diagrams I've seen.
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phoneguy
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| Can someone tell me what color wires you have going to this switch, I have brown (grd) and light green (light doesn't work), I looked at a wiring diagram and it looks like it should be red and blue ? |
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It's white/green on all the diagrams I've seen. |
Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, F9 Parking brake control light switch, track 55 ? or is this not the contact switch ?
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| Can someone tell me what color wires you have going to this switch, I have brown (grd) and light green (light doesn't work), I looked at a wiring diagram and it looks like it should be red and blue ? |
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It's white/green on all the diagrams I've seen. |
Maybe I'm looking at it wrong, F9 Parking brake control light switch, track 55 ? or is this not the contact switch ? |
Track #58 on this one (as well as the 79 one on the Samba):
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phoneguy
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Thank you BD, I guess I need a lesson on reading these drawings...
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