I just came in from driving my '85 Westy (It's dark in Maine already)
which has a 3rd brake light that reflects enough on the hatch for me to
know when the brake lights go on.  On that one, the lights come on prior
to actually applying enough pressure to say that braking has started.
In other words, I'm happy with the way it works.

My '84 7 passenger, however, is another story.  Its brake lights don't
go on until braking has started.  I have a set of new switches for it
... I just haven't put them on yet.

Mike
Houlton, Maine

Jeff Oxroad wrote:
> In summation, in my opinion the pressure needed to illuminate the brake
> lights should be lower. Does anyone else suffer from this gremlin, or is it just my
> bus?