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Brake switch woes

Discussion in 'Early CJ5 and CJ6 Tech' started by grannyscj, Jun 5, 2011.

  1. Jun 5, 2011
    grannyscj

    grannyscj Headed to the Yukon

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    Pete's been running for 4 years now and I'm putting in the fourth brake switch. It is solid mounted to the frame rail with rubber isolation. What am I doing wrong?
     
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    timgr

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    Maybe time to switch brands?

    RockAuto shows six different brands: Omix, Delco, Airtex, BWD/Neihoff, and a couple I don't recognize. I'd likely pick Delco 1st, then Airtex.
     
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    mortten

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    NAPA/Echlin. Echlin is good stuff.
     
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    grannyscj

    grannyscj Headed to the Yukon

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    Echlin is the one I'm replacing now, Delco was before that, Niehoff before that. I'm losing faith.
     
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    timgr

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    Have you ever changed the brake fluid? Maybe there's something in your fluid (solvent? particles?) that's attacking the switches.
     
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    grannyscj

    grannyscj Headed to the Yukon

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    It was completely changed out (I use a jet pump type bleeder) before our trip to Idaho last year. I change it pretty much annually.
     
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    Dan66cj5

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    I just bought a painless brand one.. said it was made in the USA on the package.
     
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  8. Jun 9, 2011
    Tom in RI

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    I get about 2 years out of a switch.
    There was a thread on one of the WWII sites where a guy installed a lever actuated switch from a Chevy pickup on the master cylinder floor cover plate of his jeep. It was a slick idea.
     
    Tom in RI, Jun 9, 2011
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