Well, folks, a bit of good news! Went round to the garage today, went under the hood and just made sure the electric connections to the pedal switch were good and tight, and the brake lights now work again!
It's been pretty darn cold the past coupla days, so could the seeming failure of the switch, as it goes on brake fluid pressure, be connected to the low temperatures?
On another point, our local mech sorted the carbs out in the spring, as a serious amount of gunk had come down the line and fouled everything up. Sven now runs really well, but even in warmer weather, starting from cold with full choke, we've had trouble with the car puttering to a halt when my wife takes her foot off the gas pedal, coming out of the sidestreet where our rented garage is, and down to the main road junction. This was really pronounced today, when it was cold, and as you can imagine, stalling at a busy junction isn't fun! I think our mech must have set the idling/tickover when the engine was already warm, which would account for the petering out, as there's no problem after the engine warms up and it restarts first go after it stalls due to lack of revs. How easy is it to 'up' the idling speed? Tempted to just drive Sven back over and get him to sort it for free...
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