parking brake warning light glows

[Mike Arman <armanmik@n-jcenter.com>]

>
>Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 20:30:08 -0400
>From: geo <gamills@ns.sympatico.ca>
>Subject: Here's a stumper...for me in any case
>
>On start up of the 5kq all idiot lights go off.  Drive off and both the
>parking brake and bat. idiot lights start to glow at around 1500 rpm and
>peak at 2000 with no change after that.  In the daylight it is very hard
>to see this, so when I say glow I'm talkin' very low level glow.
>Checked the alt. output and it's fine.  Perhaps stray voltage leaking
>into this circuit?  Anyone BTDT?  What wahrs/connectors to check etc.?
>

Yes, I've BTDT on this one (too) on my 5KS. Check the switch under the
parking brake arm - the lever you pull to apply the parking brakes. You
have to work the boot upward along the arm so you can get at the switch.
Mine was broken into several bits, and one of the wires was intermittently
touching ground, so both the parking brake warning light and the charge
light would flicker at random. I found that if I fiddled with the lever, it
stopped, and then if I squeezed (higly technical term) the boot, that would
also stop it. Final cure was replacement of the switch. You may also want
to check the wiring to it for frayed insulation.

Best Regards,

Mike Arman