Hydraulic Switches!

[mfg]

I’ve about ‘had it’ with hydraulic brake light switches!

Around four months ago the hydraulic switch quit in my Speedster… The guy behind me in traffic was good enough to stop me and let me know that I didn’t have brake lights… Bad switch!……Today, I took my ‘63 Avanti in for an inspection sticker… and once again had no stop lights due to a failed hydraulic switch…...

I replaced the hydraulic switches in both cars… however, if this happens again, I’m going with a modern mechanical brake light switch, as used in later Avantis and many other cars.

 

 

[Gunslinger]

The hydraulic switches sold today are manufactured offshore…apparently to low standards.  Even NOS switches are old enough to be of questionable value.

Mechanical switches are the way to go.  They take about an hour’s effort to install.  Then you can just disconnect the hydraulic switch and tape off the wires and contacts.

Stan Gundry in his book gives the instructions on how to do the install…what’s needed and what needs fabricated.