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Daves55Sedan · 12-22-2017, 01:05 AM

The cheap knock-off standard replacement stop-light switches that are available from most suppliers don't last very long. The contacts are not good enough. I got tired of these and swapped the switches on both my '55 Fords with the low-pressure brake-light switches, but they also burn out prematurely (IMO).
The switch in my Courier is only two years old and it has gone bad.
Has anyone found something else that will withstand the brake fluid pressure AND has contacts good enough to last a fair amount of time?
Incidently, the '55 Courier had been converted to 12-volts, but the fordor sedan is 6-volts. You would think that the switch in the car would have burned out first due to having double the current (amperage) flowing thru the contacts as compared with the 12-volt system.

12-22-2017, 01:05 AM	#1
Daves55Sedan Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Granite City, Illinois Posts: 3,008	Low-pressure brake light switch The cheap knock-off standard replacement stop-light switches that are available from most suppliers don't last very long. The contacts are not good enough. I got tired of these and swapped the switches on both my '55 Fords with the low-pressure brake-light switches, but they also burn out prematurely (IMO). The switch in my Courier is only two years old and it has gone bad. Has anyone found something else that will withstand the brake fluid pressure AND has contacts good enough to last a fair amount of time? Incidently, the '55 Courier had been converted to 12-volts, but the fordor sedan is 6-volts. You would think that the switch in the car would have burned out first due to having double the current (amperage) flowing thru the contacts as compared with the 12-volt system.