<VV> No tail lights

[Charles Morgan]

Kirk, the first thing I would check is to make sure that the sockets are 
wired correctly.  It's easy to get the wires backward when installing a 
replacement socket since the wire colors don't correspond.  A stock socket 
has a plastic orientation tang that fits in the housing notch and faces 
forward when installed.  With the socket installed with the tang forward, 
the two brown wires on the driver-side should end up on the left side of 
the socket and the black/yellow wire on the right.  On the passenger-side 
the single brown wire should end up on the left and the dark green wire on 
the right.

Charlie Morgan
Beaver State Corvairs

At 05:38 AM 6/1/04, Kirk Eck wrote:
>I'm stumped, I got pulled over by the cops the other night apparently I have
>no brake lights. The turn signals work but when the headlights are on the
>tail lights aren't and like I said no brake lights.  I've changed sockets,
>I've tried running a ground.. I don't know what to do.  I noticed on the
>driver side tail light that there are three wires but the socket only has
>two so two of the wires (the brown ones) hook to one side of the socket
>should I have a three wire socket on that side?  I'm an electrical idiot so
>I'm not sure how to check for voltage etc. so I'll take any suggestions.