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Old 9th September 2012, 04:07 PM
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Lightbulb Brake light switch

Someone mentioned a brakelight switch earlier but I cant find the thread so here is an idea I had that I will give a try. There is a brake light switch that is part of a banjo bolt that will screw straight into the brake master,its available in all the common brake pipe threads and there is a banjo brake pipe adaptor on the good old mini. Bring the two together and there is no need for a tee or seperate switch. those banjos are on quite a lot of leyland cars like sherpas and mini`s. A lot neater and cheaper





Edit. a better picture of one of the banjo`s ,This one is on a range rover




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Old 9th September 2012, 09:16 PM
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Would you then just continue the brake pipe from the banjo?
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Old 9th September 2012, 09:24 PM
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Would you then just continue the brake pipe from the banjo?
Yes, just continue from the banjo union.
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Old 9th September 2012, 11:20 PM
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I used one on my quad when I added brake lights, only cost about £10 from eBay and that was some obscure pitch thread

Seems like a good easy idea
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Old 10th September 2012, 01:55 AM
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that was some obscure pitch thread
These brake light switch banjo bolts are originally designed for motorbikes, so available threads are M10x1.00, M10x1.25 or JIC3/8x24.
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Old 11th September 2012, 01:01 PM
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surely its easyer to fit a equal tee into your rear brakline and screw a hum drum hyd switch from a mini (imp) or vw (metric)
all in for about £10

m10x1 is a metric brake pipe size but banjos are not that common on car stuff
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