The old one was OK, it worked fine - but it wasn't adjustable & it was in danger of getting kicked & wet, so I gave it some thought & while e-baying "brake light switch" I kept getting motorcycle ones coming up. This was irritating because I didn't want a motorcy .......... wait a minute!
The problem with the switch stems from the pedal being floor mounted, the vast majority of car pedals are top mounted, so there is a little extra pedal above the pivot which trips a plunger switch. To use that type on the fury would mean the switch being in the same place as my foot. The bike ones offered an entirely different set of options with the switch being "pull for on", so I made up a lever & bolted it to the brake pedal (making sure it didn't foul anything). It's also made of very thin aluminium so it will just bend out of the way if something gets under it.
The next job was to mount the switch itself. Easy enough as it's a cylindrical thing with a thread on the end & some waterproofing. My lever was mounted in such a way that the switch could be fitted to a hole in the top of the pedal box, I'd cut the pedal box lid to fit around it.
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