Emergency brake lite.

For some reason I got into the super trooper the other day and when I took the "e" brake off the light stayed on... and has continued to stay on, brakes are not sticking. Any suggestions? It's a 91 LS. Going to be doing a brake job on it in the next week or so.

Chris

Hey Chris

I think you have a switch that is stuck. I looked in my chiltons manual and in the wiring schematics they show a switch on the handle of the e-brake. I'm not sure what type of e-brake is on your trooper. Mine is on the center console and I'm sure I would have to take the console apart to get to that switch. It could be just dirty or it could have shorted together. Good luck.

Copter Steve

Thanks for the idea. I took that switch out and it is just a simple ground switch, handle goes in and switch brakes the ground. It's working fine. So somewhere along that wire from switch to light it's grounding out... I took a look at the cluster pannel and I'm guessing that there is likely something wrong with the pannel. Any other ideas? While I was back there I pulled the bulb, that'll fix it for now!

Chris

Hey Chris,

It looks like your way ahead of me. I think taking out the bulb is a good fix for now. You may want to check your brake system out anyway. These troopers are a different breed. My brake master cylinder has a low level switch in it. Maybe it turns on the brake lite when the brake fluid is low. Just a guess.

Copter Steve:banghead:

Ya I think that's a good idea. I've got the day off tomorrow and the brakes have been squeek'n up a storm in the back so I'm going to do a full rear brake job. Thanks for the suggestion.

Chris

Well I redid the rear brakes this morning, new calipers, rotors, and pads. The calipers were totally shot, passenger side piston was probably stuck a half inch out. In the end the brake light went out! Surprised me because I thought the brake system was much more simple than that, I had no idea it had some sort of electrical sensor somewhere other than a switch. It seems like the back driverside pad is slightly rubbing on the new rotor, if I have time I'll take a look at it tomorrow. Otherwise I'll be doing the front ones sometime next week when my rotors from r1concept show up. I figured I would order a pair of drilled and sloted rotors from them since after shipping the cost was still the same as the local parts store here.