Well, the brake light switches are on your master cylinder. You could
pull your cluster and test them with a VoltOhm Meter. Should make
diagnosis a bit easier.

On Jul 19, 2009, at 10:58 PM, Warren Lail wrote:

> 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.