It is not necessarily the fuse. It could be the switch on the brake that is not closing the circuit.
Fuse 7 controls the brake lights. It should be a red 10amp fuse.
After fuse (should be labeled) Try bulbs and defective stop light switch
If all the fuses are good, then most likely the brake light switch right on the brake pedal inside the car. Check that.
After further research I am answering my own question. It is fuse number 6 on the fuse block located under the dash and is a 10 amp fuse.
Check the brake light switch on the brake pedal
I'm not exactly sure which fuse it is, but it doesn't sound like a fuse to me. I would check the switch on the pedal, just simply short acrost it from terminal to terminal with a screwdriver, if the brake lights come on, the switch on the pedal is bad, if they don't then it probably is a fuse.
its probably not a fuse at all, but it could be your brake light switch. its under the dash hooked to the pedal. I had to replace one on my 84 t-bird
Something you may not realise is that the brake light bulb is often one bulb with two elements. One of the elements will be for the brake and the other will be for the tail lighting for example so,when tested, the actual bulb will still light up because the second element is unaffected. Make sure that the 'blown' bulb that you are actually changing is not in fact your fog lamp. This will not automatically light up when you test your lights as you have to operate this light separately (similarly to indicator lights). So the fog lamp bulb will appear to be the only one not lit up when you test your lights. Find the bulb with two elements inside and change that one. Sounds obvious (and may be obvious to many) but it's a common mistake. Hope this helps!.
There is a dashboard illumination switch that controls the brightness. If it is pushed up fully, the interior lights will stay on. Lower the switch slightly until the interior lights go off. When doors are closed, if the switch is lowered, the lights should go off after about 30 seconds max, maybe less. Hope this Helps, it did on mine.
The jungle
rear car lights come on as an indication to the drivers in the back that you are about to stop.
If the lights worked at all when you pushed the pedal, it's not your fuse. If it were, they wouldn't work at all. It's likely a problem with one of the tail-light bulbs, probably an intermittent in one of the filaments being affected by temperature changes (remember metal expands and contracts when heated/cooled). If either bulb in the circuit is faulty, you'll get no lights when you push your pedal. Rather than try to figure out which one it is, just replace them both to be safe.