RE switches failing on, I owned a 1990 catat bought new off the lot. In
2002 I left work to find that the brakelights were on and had been on all
day. It was the switches. Replaced them and problem solved.

Jim

On Sun, May 5, 2024 at 7:26 PM Alistair Bell <ragnarhairybreeks@icloud.com>
wrote:

> Jim,
>
> I don’t think the switches fail on.  But could be wrong.  And the
> emergency flashers do not work on the brakes, but rather with the turn
> signals .
>
> Ab
>
> > On May 5, 2024, at 12:53 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I discovered this afternoon that neither brake light is working on the
> rear
> > of the car. Since neither is working, it's probably the master cylinder
> > switches. But if I recall correctly, the master switches fail in the
> > "always on mode," So it probably isn't that, p;us the unlikelihood that
> > both would go out simultaneously. So what is the next obvious failure
> point
> > I should be looking at? It isn't the bulbs BTW because they work with the
> > emergency flasher switch.
> >
> > ??
> >
> > Jim
>