Hello all. I'm new here. I hope I'm posting this in the right place.

My ex-wife's 1995 Discovery was having a problem getting into gear and the brake lights weren't working. I was able to figure out that the trouble was with the brake light switch by the brake pedal.

$30 later, jeez the parts for this thing are expensive, the switch arrived and, sure enough, that was the problem. However, after installing the after-market switch, the opposite problem was true. That is, the brake lights were always on. The button on the switch was just a hair too short to engage when the pedal was up.

So, after coming to terms with the notion that I have lived in Texas way too long and it has been affecting me somehow , I slapped some duct tape around the arm of the brake pedal to bring it that much closer. Voila! All is well. Only I really don't like that solution. I imagine the tape slipping off without her knowledge and causing her to get badly rear ended. I feel bad enough that I steered her into buying this car a few months ago -- I thought it was a great deal at $2000 -- and it has had several small, but pain in the neck, problems. I still think it was a great deal. The engine is great and everything is solid. But, little things errupt and parts take a while to get and are expensive. I paid nearly $200 and waited a week for a lousy hose last month.

Okay, story time is over. Sorry to ramble. Here comes the question:

Is there an adjustment screw for the arm of the brake pedal to bring it just a hair closer to the driver?

I hope the bold isn't considered rude in such a forum, I just wanted to spare anybody my ramblings if they wanted to get right to the question.

Any suggestions would be great. I want her to feel confident in the car enough to let me borrow it and take it four wheeling.

Thanks,
Jon

 

AC Delco brake switch PN is E897A for the Auto Trans, about $14 at NAPA
I don't know if there's an adjustment to the pedal.
It's been a while since I replaced mine, but can you move the switch bracket a bit?
Or remove the switch and insert a washer between it and the bracket, so that the switch is effectively a bit further to the front of the car.

 

i agree with antichrist, you can put a washer just between the bracket and the Brake Light Switch to make it a bit closer to the driver.