Beater How To: Homemade Brake Light Switch

I don't know why my rear brakes aren't building enough pressure to trip the brake light switch but what I do know for damn sure is that I'm not pulling the currently leak-free system apart to find out why. Therefore, I made a brake light switch to both warn drivers behind me that I will be slowing down intentionally and increase driver involvement.

First, I pulled an old momentary switch out of some old broken piece of equipment on the floor. Any momentary switch will work. Even a non-momentary switch will do if you have good short term memory.

I then found a length of 3-wire cable that was both shielded and sheathed. The shielding and sheathing protects from both electromagnetic interference and getting slammed in the hood. Then some female blade connectors were crimped on to two of the wires and connected to the switch. The switch was then zip-tied to the shift lever for easy access.