Hello
My wife just returned from work with the brake lights stuck on and a little broken, black plastic plunger in the footwell. Obviously from the brake light switch.
I found the switch, removed it & glued the plunger back in with superglue, just to tide me over until the new one arrives.
However, this didn't solve it. It's really difficult to get in a position in the foot-well to see what's going on but did finally see the problem.
I think the plunger seized which has bent the thin tab that it pushes against (and in turn broke the switch plunger off)
This has resulted in the tab on the brake pedal almost braking off with metal fatigue. I can't believe how thin & fragile it is.
I think my only option is to remove the pedal & weld the tab back on securely, as access in situ is awful.
Any ideas how to do this. It seems in the workshop manual it's simply a matter of depressing the pedal then using special tool (T10006) to push / pull a joint apart.
Has anyone any experience of doing this without this tool and if so how??
I'd really appreciate any advice.
Thanks very much in advance.
Cheers
Gary
My wife just returned from work with the brake lights stuck on and a little broken, black plastic plunger in the footwell. Obviously from the brake light switch.
I found the switch, removed it & glued the plunger back in with superglue, just to tide me over until the new one arrives.
However, this didn't solve it. It's really difficult to get in a position in the foot-well to see what's going on but did finally see the problem.
I think the plunger seized which has bent the thin tab that it pushes against (and in turn broke the switch plunger off)
This has resulted in the tab on the brake pedal almost braking off with metal fatigue. I can't believe how thin & fragile it is.
I think my only option is to remove the pedal & weld the tab back on securely, as access in situ is awful.
Any ideas how to do this. It seems in the workshop manual it's simply a matter of depressing the pedal then using special tool (T10006) to push / pull a joint apart.
Has anyone any experience of doing this without this tool and if so how??
I'd really appreciate any advice.
Thanks very much in advance.
Cheers
Gary