Rear brake light switch.

[Aidan1150]

Whilst tinkering in the shed this evening I have discovered that my brake light is not working when I use the rear brake pedal.

The light works fine when I pull the front brake lever.

Fuse 1 serves the dash backlight and the stop light. The fuse is intact.

I removed the bolt holding the switch in place, cleaned the blade on the switch and sprayed it with WD40, to no avail.

At this stage I think the switch is fecked and needs replacing with a new part available from Motorworks for £23.29.

Before I shell out, has anyone else has similar problems and found the solution to be other than a new switch?

TIA.

 

[Steptoe]

Unplug the switch and bridge the ends of the connection ( frame side, not switch ), brakelight should come on. With the ignition switched on, of course.

 

[Aidan1150]

Unplug the switch and bridge the ends of the connection ( frame side, not switch ), brakelight should come on.

Just tried that and the brake light came on. Switch is fecked so?

 

[Steptoe]

Just tried that and the brake light came on. Switch is fecked so?

Yes. New switch.

 

[Aidan1150]

Thanks Neil.

 

[Aidan1150]

Update

I got a rear brake light switch on Saturday morning from a breakers nearby. Fitted the switch, plugged it into the loom but still no brake light.

Further investigation revealed that the plug on the loom was the problem. If I jiggled the connector the light would work and when jiggled again it wouldn't.

I tried my original switch again and it worked fine too when the connector was given a shake, so I cut the connector off altogether, soldered the wires and covered them with heatshrink. The brake light is working fine now.

At least the "new" switch only cost me £5 from the breakers instead of £25 from Motorworks so it wasn't an expensive lesson and I still have it as a spare.