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The brake lights coming on could be due to excessive vibration. You would have to be the judge of that. If it is really shaking, the brake pedal may be vibrating causing the lights to come on.

Strange, I want to say Synco ring in the trans on top of all the other suggested possibles. There are so mant other suggestions, you will want to check the simple things first.

Let us know what you find.