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From: Scott Dorsey on 30 Jul 2010 09:56
brassplyer <brassplyer(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>Replaced the switch, lights still staying on. Dangit.

The meter will tell you what is going on. The meter is your friend.
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From: jim beam on 30 Jul 2010 10:14
On 07/30/2010 03:32 AM, brassplyer wrote:
> Replaced the switch, lights still staying on. Dangit.
>

did you check for the little plastic tab that presses the switch activator?

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From: brassplyer on 30 Jul 2010 22:18
On Jul 30, 10:14 am, jim beam <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
> On 07/30/2010 03:32 AM, brassplyer wrote:
>
> > Replaced the switch, lights still staying on. Dangit.
>
> did you check for the little plastic tab that presses the switch activator?


As it turns out, I tried taping the plunger down and the lights go
off. When I look closely at the contact area on the pedal shaft,
there's a hole that's *just* big enough for the plunger to fit
through, so apparently something - I assume this tab you refer to
snaps into that hole and broke off. Will probably jury-rig something
until I can get the right piece.

From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 30 Jul 2010 22:35
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:18:30 -0700, brassplyer wrote:

> On Jul 30, 10:14 am, jim beam <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>> On 07/30/2010 03:32 AM, brassplyer wrote:
>>
>> > Replaced the switch, lights still staying on. Dangit.
>>
>> did you check for the little plastic tab that presses the switch activator?
>
>
> As it turns out, I tried taping the plunger down and the lights go
> off. When I look closely at the contact area on the pedal shaft,
> there's a hole that's *just* big enough for the plunger to fit
> through, so apparently something - I assume this tab you refer to
> snaps into that hole and broke off. Will probably jury-rig something
> until I can get the right piece.


Go to the hardware store and get something like a rubber (hard rubber)
stopper like they use to keep the doors from rubbing. It might have been
what was in there in the first place...


From: jim beam on 31 Jul 2010 12:51
On 07/30/2010 07:18 PM, brassplyer wrote:
> On Jul 30, 10:14�am, jim beam<m...(a)privacy.net> wrote:
>> On 07/30/2010 03:32 AM, brassplyer wrote:
>>
>>> Replaced the switch, lights still staying on. Dangit.
>>
>> did you check for the little plastic tab that presses the switch activator?
>
>
> As it turns out, I tried taping the plunger down and the lights go
> off. When I look closely at the contact area on the pedal shaft,
> there's a hole that's *just* big enough for the plunger to fit
> through, so apparently something - I assume this tab you refer to
> snaps into that hole and broke off.

yup, that's it. if you look in the footwell, you'll probably find bits
of the old one so you'll have a better idea of what it looks like. new
ones are relatively cheap. or they're free from a junkyard.

although they're known to fail sometimes in very old vehicles, in
principle the plastic tab/plug thingie is a good idea - it offers a low
friction surface which preserves the switch [there's a slight sliding
motion because the pedal swings through an arc], and it provides a
bump-stop for pedal rebound. one of those useless/useful things to have
in the spares box.


> Will probably jury-rig something
> until I can get the right piece.
>


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