Thanks for all the advise. It ended up being two light sockets




Will Honea wrote:
> Yeah, I couldn't figure out why he wanted it off either - but better
> to tell him how than have it busted and creating more of a problem.
>
> You'll find this interesting. Couple of weeks back, I made my usual
> check of lights and found that I had no brake lights. I had the
> emergency flashers, so the circuit was good. Pulled the brake switch,
> cleaned it up and all was well. Couple of days later, I noticed that
> I had to be one the brakes pretty firmly to get the lights. Hmmm...
> no adjustment on that switch...
> Just sitting there with the radio on, I let my foot rest on the brake
> pedal - and got a wierd racket in the radio. Playing around, I could
> get that noise to repeat as I eased the pedal down - and it stopped
> when I got far enough down to get the brake lights to illuminate!
> Changed the brake switch then tore into the old one and sure enough
> the contacts were corroded enough to require considerable pressure to
> break the corrosion and actuall make contact - the noise was from the
> arcing as it tried to close through the corrosion. Shades of the old
> corroded headlight switch and its thermal breaker!
>
> On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:45:45 UTC Mike Romain >
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > > > >
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> > > >
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