Like Joe says, there's a spring on the 124. In fact, there is enough slack in my S124 that pushing away from the floor on the pedal turns off the brake light, but so does operating the car for about forty miles on the highway.
That particular S124 is somewhat rusty (swiss cheesed by CA standards, but mint condition for chicago or new york standards), so it's problem could be a lazy return spring, or just weirdness induced from life in the salt belt. If it's not a spring (which surprises me, since my lesser marques have springs too), it's likely slack in the e-brake mechanism, which could require someone removing the rear wheels and rotors for adjustment or replacement of the e-brake shoes. K On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 10:29:04PM -0700, Joe Knight wrote: > 124 has a return spring for the pedal. If that's the case w/ the 126 > it could be detached or broken. > > joe > > On 7/12/05, Joe Mendyka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm driving a 1982 300SD with a brake light issue. Actually, it's > > more of an emergency brake lever issue in it. There's a lot of play > > in the lever and, as a result, does not come up far enough for the > > brake light to shut off. Has anyone else encountered this problem? > > Does this sound fixable?
