I had the same thing happen to my 59 Fury last weekend. I was washing
the car and noticed the brake lights were on, but not full brightness
and they seemed to get brighter after a few minutes so I pumped the
pedal a few times and they finally went out. I continued cleaning the
car and they started to come on again so I checked the pressure switch
on the master cylinder and it was quite warm so I pulled the wires off
and the lights went out. I then took a pressure switch out of a parts
car I have and put it in, now they don't work at all so I got a new
switch at NAPA which I haven't installed yet, that's tomorrows job, I
expect it will work. I did check the old switch with a meter and it is
permanently on, probably a weak or broken spring inside.
Dieter Bauer
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From: pop3.webzone.net <bsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: June 26, 1999 11:15 AM
Subject: [FWDLK] Another Christine in the Making?
>Hi Lookers,
>
>The following incident happened this afternoon.
>
>I was polishing the 1967 Imperial Crown Coupe I bought last weekend.
My
>1960 DeSoto Fireflite 2-door hardtop was parked, as it always is, in
the
>garage. A side note: the Imperial sits in the drive with a car cover.
>There was never any doubt which car got the garage. The Imperial is a
>very nice driver, but the DeSoto is an outstanding original example
that
>deserves and gets only the best. Now back to the the story...
>
>I had walked in and out of the garage several times during the
afternoon
>and all was normal. After about two hours of cleaning the Imperial, I
>suddenly noticed the DeSoto's brake lights were glowing. The last
time I
>drove the Fireflite was at least two or three weeks ago. Was it
possible
>the brake lights had been stuck all that time and I had not noticed?
I
>don't see how. The garage door comes down within mere inches of the
rear
>of the car, so even in strong sunlight, like today, glowing red
>taillights are easy to see, not to mention all the times I have been
in
>the garage during the past weeks at night or in the evening.
>
>Some of you might now be wondering if I had been in or around the
DeSoto
>today. All I had done was place the Imperial's car cover, which
weights a
>couple of pounds, on the rear deck of the Fireflite. No doors, trunk
lid,
>or anything else have been touched in weeks.
>
>I got the keys to start the car, fully expecting that somehow the
brake
>lights (some people call them STOP lights) had run down the battery.
But
>no, the DeSoto fires almost immediately. I tap the brake pedal and
run to
>the back of the car. Lights are now off.
>
>Does someone, besides Stephen King, have a logical explanation for
this
>behavior? Or is this the beginning of some serious automotive
rivalry?
>
>At this hour I have STOPPED cleaning the Imperial and the DeSoto's
lights
>remain off.
>
>Bruce in Tulsa, or is it the Twilight Zone?
>
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