brake light switch

It takes a lot of pressure on my brake pedal before my brake lights come on. Is this fixable with a new switch or do I need to do something else? I have manual drum brakes with a single bowl master cylinder, below is a pic of the switch I have.

Looking for some pointers here. I lost my brake light today. Replace brake light switch on master cylinder thinking it had to be because it was so old. I have no running lights and no brake light. Blinker work fine in the rear though. headlights work, high beams work. I did get a few sparks off...

Hi, I've been trying to figure out the problem with my brake lights and have come to the conclusion that I don't really know what I'm doing. The running lights do work, so the bulbs seem to be in working order. I changed out the brake light switch with no difference in result. I've cleaned the...

Hi All I have a strange issue with brake light. I just got an generator to alternator upgrade done in my 62 fairlane 500. when I got home I notice the brakelight are staying on after the car is shut off. thay are very dim but they are on. and when I push the brake pedal while the car is off the...