Brake light switch.

I plugged mine directly into the switch, if it's loose you may need to "massage" the socket with a pair of pliers to get a tight fit. I think the other switch listed at walck's is for harnesses other than theirs. 

This reminds me of some friends that my wife and I have who did really well in real estate a few years ago.  They managed to get out of the market at just the right time and now own a mansion on a couple of acres on the beach here in Florida. 

It reminds me of them because he really could drive a Jeep around inside his house.  It's really big enough for that.  No furniture would be required.  If you want to go to the kitchen just drive into the kitchen.  If you want to watch TV just drive to the "media room" and enjoy a drive in movie on their 8 foot television.  I guess if you have to go to the bathroom you might have to actually get out of the Jeep for that, but otherwise you wouldn't need a garage.

But back to the brake switch - I have the female version of the switch and it doesn't hook up well with my Jeep's female connectors.  I had to open up the connectors enough to slide over the switch connectors.  It seems a bit hokey but it's a solid fit.  I'm planning on ordering a different switch on my next parts order from Walck's.


Edited by Cammer - 19 July 2009 at 2:44pm

CJ2A (most of them) and CJ3A had different brake light switches. The early switch with male terminals (part number A-1271) was used up to CJ2A serial number 219465. The later switch with female terminals (part number 647801) was used in CJ2A after Serial number 219465 and all CJ3A.  When I look through the master parts list I see that there is a change for all Willys vehicals around late 48. Leads me to believe that maybe the switch manufacturer changed the design which forced Willys to change their design.

Unless you just like ordering stuff through the mail, any good parts counter should have a switch. Take the old one with you and tell them you want a brake switch like "this one".

rocnroll wrote: Unless you just like ordering stuff through the mail, any good parts counter should have a switch. Take the old one with you and tell them you want a brake switch like "this one".

Thats what I did at Autozone,...worked for me!

You can get the lesbien connector that has the female end on each side.... They are kinda troublesome and finicky at times, sometimes they heat up can shut you down for a couple days........ONLY to start working again without explaination, and no apparent problems for a week or two.....

Edited by GaryArf - 20 July 2009 at 2:02am

Denny wrote: No luck with the local auto parts stores but Walck's had the switch delivered by the end of the week.  Thanks again for the help!

I realize you're driving down the road now, but I got a kit at Walmart with various sizes, cut the ends off of the wiring kit and used the sockets that fit.