you may have done small no-no on the wiring ....true,
but I did want to mention ...fwiw ..
I did find one brake light warning light that was faulty ...( a lot like you
discribe too )
like a good used one fixed it ..
so it is possible you didn't mess up the wiring ..

and at least inspect/clean the contacts on the back of the brk warning
light.

scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Woody Halsey" <WHalsey@SYA.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 1:35 PM
Subject: brake light weirdness

Dear All,

The brake light indicator on the dash now lights up when I turn on the car.
It goes off when I depress the brake pedal. Back on when I release the
pedal.

What's going on? Could this have anything to do with the fact that I
recently replaced the brake light switch on the master cylinder?

Thanks!

Woody

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