Will I pass state inspection with Brake Linining Light?

[jasonk]

or, rather than pulling the cluster and messing something up, pull the wheel with the tripped sensor (front driver or rear passenger), take the sensor off the pad (pry with a screwdriver) and cut off the end that went to the pad. Take the 2 wires that remain, and twist them together. Presto, the light will go off. This involves a screwdriver, a lug wench and the jack. You should have all those IN THE CAR - no tools needed.

Or, evern better, while you have the wheel off - replace the pads, if that is the problem - it is very very easy (and cheap). You can get pads for 30 bucks.....

The operative words in this post were QUICK FIX. He can fix the problem permanently later.

You'd have to be pretty incompetent to mess something up pulling a bulb out of the instrument cluster. These cars are like snap-together model kits.

Thanks for pointing that out. I am not ignoring some brake problem I have here. I purchased the car a month or so ago with the light staying on. The front rotors and pads were replaced 6k ago by the previous owner and the rears have plenty of pad left. I flushed the fluid with ATE already. The brakes on the car work better then on any other E30 I have driven while looking for a car.

Now, I removed the wheels and discovered that the front sensor was disconnected (cut) and wires connected together. I twisted the wires again, and soldered them, just to make sure there's a connection. I did it after the connector, so I can reattach a new sensor later.

Rear sensor looked fine, wires are not cut.

That, however, didn't solve anything and the light is still on. The reason I am in a hurry to address it as a quick fix is because the temp tags expire today! Living in the city doesn't leave me with many choices for parking without tags. My E46 M3 is parked in a private parking spot, leaving the E30 parked on a street. So, I need to pass inspection in order to get tags and be able to at least park the car and figure out the faulty light later.

[jasonk]

Also, I am guessing the problem is either in the cluster (according to Koala Motorsport article) or pretty much anywhere along those sensor wires. :(