The brake light switch is adjustable --forward and back. Sounds like your switch should be adjusted closer to the pedal arm........................MO On Dec 30, 5:44 pm, Donald Gallimore <dongallim...@xxxxxxx> wrote: > The only springs on the brake pedal assembly are on the master cylinder pushrod. > Looks like you have a hack job. > > Akron Don Gallimore > > > > > > >From: N. L. Devotie <noble_leslie_devo...@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Sent: Sun, December 30, 2012 5:43:44 PM > >Subject: 65 Coronet brake pedal spring question > > >My brake lights and tails lights stopped functioning due to a blown fuse. Since > >fuses don't generally blow without a good reason, I attempted to find out why. > >This was actually easy: there is a spring attached to the brake pedal to, > >apparently, pull it back up all the way thus turning off the brake lights. This > >spring was touching the contact for the brake light switch. Not good. Also, > >the spring was attached at the other end to a wrapped set of wires. I find it > >hard to believe the Chrysler engineers would design it this way. So my > >questions are, is this spring a real part, or some previous owner's hack job, > >and if it is real, where is it supposed to attach? A picture would be > >wonderful. Without the spring, my brake lights stay on constantly. > >-nld > > >-- > >-- > >-- > >Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly > >to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as > >well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just > >press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 > >Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce > >the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. > >Thanks! > > > >1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > >http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.htmland > >http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The > >1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. > >http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en. > > > > > > - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- -- -- Please address private email -- email of interest to only one person -- directly to that person. That is, email your parts/car transactions and negotiations, as well as other personal messages, only to the intended recipient. Do not just press "reply" and send your email to everyone using the general '62-'65 Clubhouse public email address. This practice will protect your privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine-tune the content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The 1962 to 1965 Mopar Mail List Clubhouse" group. http://groups.google.com/group/1962to1965mopars?hl=en.