No brake lights

no brake lights in a 74 duster. changed the brake light switch, changed turn signal switched and it didnt help anything. the tail lights and turnsignals work. hazards do not. i have power at the brake light switch but no at the colum. i can hook a jumpbox to the connector under the kick panel and i can get the brake lights to light up that way. im thinking the problem is between the brake light switch and the steering colum connector. somewhere where the harness goes up and around the gauge cluster. any thoughts?

also right before they went out every time i would press the brake pedal the door buzzer would sound. when the lights quit so did the buzzing. it only did it for a day or two before the brake lights went out. the wires going to the door buzzer look fine. none of the wires look frayed. everything is taped up around the fuse block. just wondering if anybody had any ideas.

thanks