Will thanks for the advise, I will check the ground. The reason I
thought it was the brake switch is because it's only when I brake that
all the back tail lights go out except the one on the hatch door. It
was cheap enough to buy, but I couldn't get the wiring disconected.


Will Honea wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:07:16 UTC "Len" > wrote:
>
> > 01 Loredo, With running lights on and press on the brake, all tail
> > lights go out. The hatch light works fine. Could this be the brake
> > switch. If so , what is the trick to getting the wire harness
> > unplugged?
>
> In general, what you describe is a ground problem with the rear lights
> - brake lights use more power than the tail lights, so if the ground
> is flakey, the extra load will cause the bad grouind to open. If you
> pull the light assembly, you should find a ground wire from the
> plastic housing to the rear fender - take that sucker loose from the
> fender and clean the snot out of it
>
> Don't know exactly how your brake switch is mounted - you don't give a
> year - but on my vintage '88 the brake switch is a simple normally
> open switch mounted on the brake pedal where the square end of the
> connecting rod operates it - no way is it going to affect the tail
> lights.
>
> --
> Will Honea