TR6 TR6 Brake Light Switch

[Geo Hahn]

Just a quick question to help someone out with a part.

Is the TR6 brake light switch under the bonnet (i.e. operated by the end of the pushrod like a TR3 or 4) or is it inside the car and directly operated by pedal movement? Thanks!

 

[Stinky]

My '71 TR6 has a button type switch mounted at the brake pedal. When you push the pedal, you release the button, and the brake lights come on.....hopefully /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Geo Hahn]

Thanks. Appears to be the same part as used on a TR4 but mounted in an entirely different place (operated by the master cylinder push rod on a '4).

I was following a fellow club member on a drive on Saturday and his brake lights cam on every time he depressed the clutch (actually a nice feature for keeping tailgaters on their toes). His lights also came on when he braked so there is something squirrelly in his switch placement or connection.

 

[Webb Sledge]

That's very odd. I'd say he's got the switch mounted in the wrong place. To my knowledge, there has never been any type of switch mounted to the clutch pedal in a TR6.

 

[AltaKnight]

The switch is attached to the brake pedal and depending how you bend the mounting bracket it can be on a hair trigger.
The clutch pedal and brake pedal are mounted on the same shaft and sounds like this one is activating in sympathy with the clutch pedal movement.
I like the idea of keeping the tailgater SUV's at bay with this arrangement, might adjust mine for the same effect!