Handbrake switch/light
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- missfixit70
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Handbrake switch/light
While I was waiting for my pela to pump out my engine oil I got bored so I unscrewed my handbrake switch & rivetted it permanently to earth, in the time I've had the bongo, twice the switch has played up & stopped the roof working, so I figured this way there's no iffy contacts to get oxidised. This works fine, but means that the handbrake warning light is now permanently on, is it an mot requirement for this to be working or can I just remove the bulb?
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Re: Handbrake switch/light
Not a MOT requirement K
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Re: Handbrake switch/light
I dunno, wot are we going to do with our Kirsty. Just can't stop tinkeringmissfixit70 wrote:While I was waiting for my pela to pump out my engine oil I got bored so I unscrewed my handbrake switch & rivetted it permanently to earth, in the time I've had the bongo, twice the switch has played up & stopped the roof working, so I figured this way there's no iffy contacts to get oxidised. This works fine, but means that the handbrake warning light is now permanently on, is it an mot requirement for this to be working or can I just remove the bulb?

Pela? Is that the Weymouth equivalent of a Coolie

[in this old engraving of Wheelquick Coach House, the entrance to the stable where the Bongos were housed while being pumped out by Coolies can just be seen at picture left]
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Re: Handbrake switch/light
Thought that was the case, cheers Alan.dandywarhol wrote:Not a MOT requirement K
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