[Jim Sims]

This topic is really in the wrong forum.

The alternator light can mean numerous things: slipping (or even missing - but I doubt this as the engine would soon over heat and fail) fan belt, failed or failing voltage regulator, failed or failing alternator brushes or bearings or perhaps just a loose wire somewhere or failure to install a resistor in parallel with the generator light if the alternator was changed out to an internally regulated model.

The brake light can mean: the mechanical parking brake is not releasing or the switch on the parking brake is bad or mis-adjusted, or it can also mean a brake fluid leak. The first place I would look for a brake system leak is in the rubber sections of the brake lines before each wheel, then the master cylinder and then the wheel calipers. The brake light being lit does not imply all the brake work you listed; only a inspection and road test can confirm that much work needs to be done.