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Subject:brake light issues
From:Warren Lail
Date:Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:58:22 -0600

Greetings everyone,

I'm having brake light issues.  It seems that when I press my brakes,
the brake lights only come on when I press particularly hard.  I
searched the archives and someone (Mark Drillock, I think) said that
in this situation possibly one of the brake light switches was bad and
to switch the wires from one to the other to find out which one.  I
did that and the result was the same - no brake light until I press
firmly on the pedal.

So, do I have two brake light switches bad or does this seem like
something else?  All comments and suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks,

Warren in Santa Fe
88 Westy "Billy Bones"  4-speed manual with Subie 2.2 engine.