He says the switch works Wlll. The center brake light comes on.

Mike
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Will Honea wrote:
>
> Again, you didn't give the year/model so I can't be sure which switch
> you have, but on my 88 and the son's 91 the switch has a two-wire
> lead/connector that plugs onto the switch itself. On his, he has a
> third tab connected to the open side of the switch that is referenced
> in the FSM as being for the auto tranny only. I also have the third
> tab with a 5-spd but it is simply sitting there with no connection.
>
> On those larger connectors you sometimes have to "reason" with them -
> they have a locking tit on the lug that drops into a hole in the
> female side and they can be pretty tight to get off. I use a thin
> screwdriver to pry the connector off - carefully.
> Since you are working with one lead hot to the battery, you might want
> to pull the negative cable before doing this unless arcs and sparks
> don't bother you.
>
> On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:17:31 UTC "Len" > wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
>
> --
> Will Honea