Hey PileDriver! where do you get brake light switches? TIA!

[Jim Ed]

Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!

[Steve Arndt]

The old ones are higher quality than new stuff. I have a collection of old switches.

[Jim Ed]

The old ones are higher quality than new stuff. I have a collection of old switches.

How much would you want for a couple of 3-prong brake light switches?
TIA!

[Steve Arndt]

I won't have a collection if I start selling them! :p

[Piledriver]

I won't have a collection if I start selling them! :p

^^^^^
Word.

[sideshow]

Wrecking yards are full of OEM switches, they are stashed in modern front/sideways engine cars and are rarely the reason they got bricked.

[Jim Ed]

Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!

Yesterday I ordered two of these:
Brake Light Switch, 3 Prong, 1967 and Newer Models, OEM VW, 113-945-515G-OEM
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Brake-Ligh ... 5g-oem.htm
$18.95 each .

They shipped today.

[modernbeat]

Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!

Yesterday I ordered two of these:
Brake Light Switch, 3 Prong, 1967 and Newer Models, OEM VW, 113-945-515G-OEM
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Brake-Ligh ... 5g-oem.htm
$18.95 each .

They shipped today.

Based on the photos, those are the PEX switches.

[Piledriver]

Wrecking yards are full of OEM switches, they are stashed in modern front/sideways engine cars and are rarely the reason they got bricked.

As Sideshow noted, you could likely walk out of a junkyard with a toolbox full of good German brake switches for ~$5ish.
Many European cars <mid 90s are a potential source. Relays are cheap too.
(I happen to need a programmable wiper relay if anyone has or can score one cheap)

Risking immediate failure, I have not needed a brake switch in years.

If I simply could not get decent ones I would set up a GM style (or late VW) pedal operated setup like ~all modern vehicles use before buying mystery units that could cause brake failure. I'm not that big a fan of keeping it factory to be willing to die for it.
(I feel the same way about early seat rails. So did VW)

[Steve Arndt]

You don't even have to bend over if you steal them from a 80s/90s Volvo. They are right by the hood hinges.
Edit snag the snap in fluid reservoir too.

[Jim Ed]

Hey PileDriver!
Where do you get 3- prong brake light switches for your aircooled VW's?
TIA!

Yesterday I ordered two of these:
Brake Light Switch, 3 Prong, 1967 and Newer Models, OEM VW, 113-945-515G-OEM
http://vwparts.aircooled.net/Brake-Ligh ... 5g-oem.htm
$18.95 each .

They shipped today.

Based on the photos, those are the PEX switches.

No. not PEX switches. they are stamped 'FTE' on them.

[petew]

You guys jinxed me. Read this post and 2 days later the brake lights stopped working. What do you think caused it? That's right, one of these suckers! Although mine are only 2 prong.

[Jim Ed]

Maybe if I stop stomping on the brake pedal so hard the brake light switches will last longer.