Brake Light Shame....

[jre1983]

Morning gang, ok, so here's the problem, yesterday my brake lights were pointed out to me as not working on my way to college. checked connections...seem ok, get normal rear lights when the fronts are on, indicators fine, reverse fine...but no brakes.....checked contact on switch under the bonnet, seem to get good connection.....so what could this be????

HELP please.

[loon]

i hade the same problem with my amazon, after changing the switch all was fine

there was a lot of sluge inside the switch stoping mormal breaking preasure to make the contact

LN

[Steve121]

have you looked at the brake fillament in the bulbs? they are dual fillament so if the rear lights are on with the headlights, it doesnt mean that the brake lights will work

[48pop]

A new hydraulic switch or maybe one of these ?

http://www.sw-em.com/swemkits.htm#Br...Light%20Switch

[JIM C]

Sounds light the switch. You check the lights by disconnecting the switch.

[Derek UK]

Put a meter across the switch to check for continuity when the brake pedal is pressed. It should close with very little pressure but may need heavy foot, which isn't any good. Replace switch.

[Andrew (UK)]

Originally Posted by 48pop

A new hydraulic switch or maybe one of these ?

http://www.sw-em.com/swemkits.htm#Br...Light%20Switch

That won't work for a RHD car. I went through this with Ron Kwas and have a design for a new bracket for a RHD car that I need to get back to Ron once I check it all out (18 months and counting so don't hold your breath).

Brake switch is in the middle of this photo, behind the red battery wire. This is from a RHD 1967 car, so your LHD 64 will be a bit different. It has four brake lines going to it and the two electrical connections coming out of the middle. The bit with the electrical connections unscrews from the bit that holds the brake lines and that can be replaced. I would expect any supplier of parts for classic Volvos to have them.

[Kauai1800]

Thanks so much Andrew!

Looks like you even took a picture just to show me.

The people on this forum are awesome....

[stuart131]

You might have already sorted this, but assuming your car is an Amazon, just get a new brake switch, the one thats on a bracket in front of the brake pedal. About £10 from Brookhouse and even an incompetent like me managed to fit this in 10 mins.
Brake lights were restored immediately.