Brake bleeding issues

Dana67Dart said
If that's the case you can adjust the brake light switch, the adjusting bolt is accessed from the pass side of the column.

The brake light is mounted to an L bracket that can slide back and forth.

Also if the length of the rod seems to be an issue maybe there are two keepers in the master cyl hole

I mentioned this so he can see if the brake switch is holding it from returning. This would not be the proper fix but a way to see if the master cylinder push rod is to long. There are different lengths. Maybe his is to long