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how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.

Did you mean "Brake"?



On Oct 31, 7:01 pm, pipersp...@webtv.net wrote:
> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.

<piperspost@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:8885-4547E3EE-1288@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net...
> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.
>
It's easy to check the stopper - the brake switch should rest against a
stopper when the brake pedal is all the way up. If the stopper is missing
the switch will be poking through the hole the stopper belongs in.

Mike

Michael Pardee wrote:
> <piperspost@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8885-4547E3EE-1288@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net...
>> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
>> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
>> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.
>>
> It's easy to check the stopper - the brake switch should rest against a
> stopper when the brake pedal is all the way up. If the stopper is missing
> the switch will be poking through the hole the stopper belongs in.
>
> Mike
>
>
damn dude, your psychic powers are /way/ impressive! and it's not even
wednesday!

piperspost@webtv.net wrote in news:8885-4547E3EE-1288@storefull-
3335.bay.webtv.net:

> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.
>


I assume the BRAKE lights are on all the time?

Crawl under the dash and look at the top of the BRAKE pedal. At the BRAKE
switch there will be a black rubber coin-like thingy about the size of a
nickel or dime. If that has a hole in it, has shifted or fallen off this
will be readily apparent.

--
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The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/

"jim beam" <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in message
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> Michael Pardee wrote:
>> It's easy to check the stopper - the brake switch should rest against a
>> stopper when the brake pedal is all the way up. If the stopper is missing
>> the switch will be poking through the hole the stopper belongs in.
>>
>> Mike
> damn dude, your psychic powers are /way/ impressive! and it's not even
> wednesday!

It's like I have this giant brain or something.

<piperspost@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:8885-4547E3EE-1288@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net...
> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.
>

I guess it hardly matters much that the horn doesn't work if you can't get
the car in gear....:-)

Replace the brake switch. It's an $11.00, 20 minute, DIY repair.



Bob

"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in
news:ibGdnVmEirUSY9rYnZ2dnUVZ_u-dnZ2d@sedona.net:

><piperspost@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8885-4547E3EE-1288@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net...
>> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
>> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
>> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.
>>
> It's easy to check the stopper - the brake switch should rest against
> a stopper when the brake pedal is all the way up. If the stopper is
> missing the switch will be poking through the hole the stopper belongs
> in.
>
> Mike
>
>

That happened to my 94 Integra;the PLASTIC stopper crumbled from age and
Florida heat and the brake lights stayed on.
I had the dealer replace it as I didn't know anything was missing;diagrams
I found online did not show that missing part.Otherwise,I would have
improvised one myself. Dealer charged me $60.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

"rjdriver" <rjdriversNOSPAM@cox.net> wrote in
news:y5%1h.26801$v81.20010@newsfe18.lga:

>
><piperspost@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:8885-4547E3EE-1288@storefull-3335.bay.webtv.net...
>> how do u know if your break swith went or if it's just the stopper? I
>> pulled the Breakfuse so my battery would not burn out & now the horn
>> does not work & I can not get the car to go into reverse or drive.
>>
>
> I guess it hardly matters much that the horn doesn't work if you can't
> get the car in gear....:-)
>
> Replace the brake switch. It's an $11.00, 20 minute, DIY repair.
>
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>

It probably is not the switch,but a missing plastic button on the pedal
arm.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net