Brake Pedal return spring: 1966 Dodge Dart GT

Rjm240 said

Hello,

I have a 1966 Dart GT. The problem I am having is that the brake lights are staying on unless I put my foot under the pedal. I crawled under the dash and pulled out the broken spring. I took the spring to a few hardware stores and did not find any close to what I need. I then made a replica using some wire. It worked great for one summer but then got too flimsy and does not apply enough pressure to turn the lights off anymore.

I am seeking advise. Should I spend some more time trying to source a replacement spring or try my hand at making a spring again?

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I just went out to verify my 66 darts (3 of em) none had a brake pedal return spring. what I did have to do on my 65 I sold a couple years ago was replace the master cylinder to get it to return to full up position. (the single pot was full of crud in the 1/4 " or so I needed to bring it up. so I changed over to the dual system for safety sake. using a ummm I think 73 dodge dart one manual brakes (disc, drum since I added scarebird discs to the front while it was down hunting for parts.) if your staying drum to drum go that way . 2 of my darts have been converted to dual pot mc's the 4 door parts car has the single pot still.