Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi there,

this morning someone told me that Percy doesn't show any brake lights.

I checked the bulbs and the wiring. Everything is fine but there is no light. In the end I connected both wires at the brake light switch and had permant brake light.

To me it looks like the switch is broken. Someone else with a different idea?

A few years ago I had the same problem with my Midget and used a Volkswagen brake light switch which was an easy swap (VW part no. 113945515H). None of us had a problem to use such a strange part to keep an MG going as it was available.

How much brake fluid will drop out of the pipe when I take the switch out of the system? I won't mind a few drops but don't like the idea of bleeding the brakes if it can be avoided.

Kind regards from Essen

Achim

Just swap over quickly - a little fluid will come out (so catch it with a rag) - and if you put a plastic bag over the master cylinder filler hole and then refit the cap over the bag - that will limit the release of fluid. There should be no need to bleed the brakes. Don't forget to remove the bag!

Hello Roy,
that's a clever gimmick using a plastic bag to reduce leakage.
Do you think that Volkswagen switch will fit?
The MG part no. is C16062und can be substituted right away.
Achim

Yes, it's the same as the early Midget ones.