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#561881 - May 12th 2012 10:29 am
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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I missed this thread before, sorry, I will go crawl under Wolf Dens dash and see if I can remember how I adjusted the switch before. . . .
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#561885 - May 12th 2012 11:17 am
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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carpal tunnel
Registered: August 27th 2001 12:00 pm
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That would be great, thanks!
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#561902 - May 12th 2012 2:52 pm
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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Good luck with it. I have never had to do one on a Ford. I did one on a Caravan and could not believe how easy it was.
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#561915 - May 12th 2012 4:55 pm
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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carpal tunnel
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The switch on my Ford van isn't like the switches I have seen on Mopars. It isn't a switch like a doorjamb switch for the dome lights. It is some weird switch that is too hard to describe.
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#561980 - May 12th 2012 10:50 pm
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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carpal tunnel
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I have some thing that looks like this.I found it when I was looking into my electrical problem  Any way it does turn,but I didnt mess with it.I dont wont to make things worse. 
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#561982 - May 12th 2012 11:14 pm
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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carpal tunnel
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Thanks, but I think that is the switch that deactivates the cruise control when you step on the brakes. The brake light switch is farther up the brake pedal arm.
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#562000 - May 13th 2012 1:22 am
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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I had an old van, dont remember if it was a Ford or not, but it had that problem. I superglued 2 pennies to the contact point on the pedal and that fixed it straight away. a 2c fix!
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#562005 - May 13th 2012 1:55 am
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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carpal tunnel
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Unfortunately, the brake switch on my Ford doesn't work like that.
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#562186 - May 13th 2012 9:12 pm
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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carpal tunnel
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Thanks, but I think that is the switch that deactivates the cruise control when you step on the brakes. The brake light switch is farther up the brake pedal arm. That could be why I have to get on the brakes so much to get my cruise control to kick out.  I may have to adjust that.
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#562392 - May 14th 2012 4:59 pm
Re: Delayed brake light activation - 89 E-150
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Nope, this is still on my list of little things to fix. I did swap the switch out and it still is delayed, so I am thinking there must be some kind of adjustment that can be made under the dash down by the pedal. I really should get this fixed since i now have about 1/2 pedal travel before the lights come on, and the brakes are definitely engaged before the lights come on. however, I just haven't found the time to mess with this.
If I figure this out I will post a little how-to. I know the feeling,Work and stuff around the house keeps getting in the way Keep us posted
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