Q: My parking brake light comes on dimly when I shift into 4WD.

asked by on March 08, 2017

Ok here it goes I have a 1992 toyota 4 runner 4x4 v6 3.0 Manuel trans Ok my parking brake light comes on dimly when I shift the transfer case into 4wheel drive I disconnected the res level sensor on the MC and I disconnected the parking brake switch so the two main function of that light are gone but when I shift it into 4x4 and that's 4x4 green light comes on the brake light on the dash lights up but not bright only about 10 % of the power i would say I'm very furstrated with this please help I bealive it's a short of kinda but I'm lost as to wear it could be 

My car has 1194280 miles.

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