Hey there all. Got a question regarding the brake light switch. Now I own a 86' 300ZX (Gold) single turbo. now there's two switches on the pedal mount, one (top) is apparently for normal braking, and the second one (bottom) i gather is for cruise control.
when pedal is pressed the lights would come on right? nope.. When my brake isn't touched the lights stay on constantly. Granted when i got this car the (top) switch wasn't even plugged in, and there was a spare switch in the center console for eronious reasons. Well i replaced the switch with said one and thats when i noticed they stay on. even when i pressed the pedal. So i went to my buddy at an auto store, and he looked at it and said "hmm..." What i hadn't noticed is that there are holes on the pedal itself where the switches come through the mount and would and should touch the pedal to cut the lights off when the pedal isn't braking. So i pushed the brake in, and reached under and pressed the (top) switch and the lights cut off, i release it and they turn on.
Now my question is why in the world are there holes there where the switches should be touching metal. Is there a cap of some sort that goes on these holes (on the pedal)? Because I'm about to break out the ol' JB-Weld putty and cap those suckers up. I know pretty well thats my problem. (among other things)
Any help, and or advice on what i mentioned would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - Rich
