Well time for an up date. Late yesterday I discovered that the wire leading to the e-brake switch is shorted to ground, it was too late and too cold to pursue that further.

Today the following is what I found out, strange as it is I believe I'm going to find the trouble in the firewall connection plug or socket.

1 Normal e-brake switch disconnected dead short to ground on the wire. This wire
goes directly to the FW plug and is about 30 inches long at the most.

2 Disconnect other harness plugs going to the fire wall, the short remains

3 Disconnect the bottom plug (has e-brake lead) and short disappears
4 Measure resistance to ground from matching terminal on harness and it reads
about .5 Meg ohm far from being shorted
5 Re connect plug and short re appears when plug is seated with the securing screw.

Run out of time so will investigate more tomorrow weather permitting.