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Old 05-12-2014, 11:32 AM
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Default Question on brake lights.

Well I did some searching on here but couldn't find a whole lot other than Keith's mention of crappy grounding etc. in his LED conversion post. I was chasing electrical gremlins this weekend and am not electrically inclined. I removed the old cassette player and wiring to clean up the mess under the dash but these issues were here prior to that.

Here is what I have:
Headlights and tail lights work.
All turn signals work except right rear.

No brake lights.

I still have to pick up a tester but all fuses look good albeit some rust on the contact areas. Both filaments are working on the bulbs. I also looked over the wiring schematic. I am not sure if this is even the correct fuse block and there are some extra wires/connectors under the dash. The main disconnected/broken wire in question is a green one on the steering column. I thought it may be the horn or connected to the lights but did not get anything when I connected it.


One of the grounding posts where the bulb goes is broke off slightly on the right rear. Would that affect one or both brake lights but not the tail lights? Also, how do you access the other end of the grounding wires to check? I couldn't see anything from below.

Lastly the brake switch seems like it doesn't fit or meet with the pedal correctly as I can only to get it to "click" by hand and not with the pedal. It seems like it is off centered slightly. Either way still no brake lights.

And to Caveat, there are no light bulbs in the rear armrests. Didn't know if that would break a circuit anywhere.

Just thought I would run it by the experts first and see if I am missing any steps I should do besides try and clean the fuse block, check wires/brake switch power/grounds, and possibly buy new bulb sockets and brake switch.

Thanks in advance,
Todd

 


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