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PostSubject: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 10:15 pm

How would i add brake lights and signals to my mower to make it street legal?
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 10:20 pm

no matter what you do i dont think it would be "legal", lol, might be safer, i have em on mine, but dont use them, to much work to flip the switch, lol
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 10:40 pm

No such thing as "street legal".

As for brake lights, you could use a switch so that when you depress the brake, itll turn the lights on.

Turn signals are as easy as a 3-way throw toggle switch and a flasher relay.


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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 10:47 pm

Doug Fackler wrote:
No such thing as "street legal".

As for brake lights, you could use a switch so that when you depress the brake, itll turn the lights on.

Turn signals are as easy as a 3-way throw toggle switch and a flasher relay.

Where would i get a flasher relay? I need one, thats technially y i dont use them
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 10:48 pm

Nvm, found them
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 10:56 pm

In my village you can drive a tractor, lawn mower. an atv, golf cart, as long as it has head light viewable from a 100 feet, tailights ,turn signals and is inpected and you pay a 35.00 fee and get stickered. so yes they are legal in my town and can be driven anywhere but are not allowed to cross highways. so that takes care of the legalities, I can add a trailer kit on the fenders and replace headlamps but the brake switch i dont know, i suppose that i could get and old jeep switch for the turn signals. any advice ?
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 7th 2013, 11:07 pm

Could rig up a seat switch into the brake lights ground, so when the brake is off it depresses it turning the circuit off, and when the brake is depressed it elts off and completes the circuit turning them on.

If you can get an ON-OFF-ON switch for the turn signals, you can hunt down a flasher relay and some amber lights. Then put your relay in line with the middle terminal of the switch so its always flashing, and the left terminal to the left side lights and right terminal to the right side.


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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 8th 2013, 3:17 pm

Get 3 monetary switches, 2 you mount below your steering pivot arm, the big gear shaped like this V with switches it would look like this *V* with a switch on each side. And brake wherever you wanted to mount it really. Easi pisi bounce
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeApril 8th 2013, 8:41 pm

I'm liking this! Just ordered trailer light kit today.
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PostSubject: Re: Brake lights and turn signals   Brake lights and turn signals Icon_minitimeSeptember 25th 2013, 1:05 pm

Has anyone fitted a brake , running light to a Westwood gazelle as I was looking at the rear arches and they incline to wards the front at about 30 degrees,. I do not want to put them on teh back of the well arch as I have already tipped the tractor over and it would have crushed anything here so they really need to go on top. Any ideas please?
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