T-Series Some Midget dash switch clarification needed

[Justin Bowen]

Some easy questions for anyone who has ever driven a Midget. I got my car in a non-running state so I never got to see what these lights and switches do:

In between the fuel and oil gauge there's a switch. It's about 2" tall, 1/2" wide and there's a red light on it. It's a momentary switch. What does it do?

To the right of all the gauges there are two lights stacked vertically. One is red and the other is blue. The red one lights when the ignition is on. What does the blue light do?

I've torn the dash completely apart and will be recovering or painting it and deleting some of the unused lights and switches (heater control, etc) and I was just confused on these two.

Thanks guys,

Justin

 

[Scott_dup1]

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Justin Bowen:
In between the fuel and oil gauge there's a switch. It's about 2" tall, 1/2" wide and there's a red light on it. It's a momentary switch. What does it do?

To the right of all the gauges there are two lights stacked vertically. One is red and the other is blue. The red one lights when the ignition is on. What does the blue light do?

I've torn the dash completely apart and will be recovering or painting it and deleting some of the unused lights and switches (heater control, etc) and I was just confused on these two.
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The first one, the tall switch, is a brake pressure check switch. You push the button to tell if the bulb is good. The bulb will light up by itself when you push on the brake and there is too much difference between the front and rear brake systems.

The blue light on the dash indicates if your bright lights are on.

Scott

 

[Guest]

Justin,
The switch between the gauges is the brake failure switch, if you lose fluid presure in one of the dual lines of the brake system it lights up, also when you press the switch it will light up to check the condition of the light bulb itself.Not many of these switches work anymore though.But it pays to get it working again. The red light is the charging system warning light and the blue one is the high beam indicator for the headlights. Hope this helps you .
jv

 

[Guest]

P.S. Scott types faster than I he must be able to use more than one finger unlike me.

 

[Justin Bowen]

Thanks for the quick reply - both of you ;-)

 

[Guest]

Justin,
No problem We western LBC owners aim to please.

jv