<VV> Brake light Conundrum?

[burkhard at rochester.rr.com]

Not to be contrarian here or anything, but why are you replacing parts 
like mad when you could just buy a cheap Red Chinese DVM ($5?) from 
Harbor Fright or the like and *easily* trace the circuit?  These cars 
have simple electrical circuits -- Just check if your right side bulb 
wiring gets 12V (with respect to a solid ground) when you step on the 
brake pedal? Check first in the socket and if it isn't good there, 
start moving upstream. If the left side works, you don't have far to go.

Jim "I=E/R" Burkhard



----- Original Message -----
From: LastHamlet <lasthamlet at yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:29 am
Subject: <VV> Brake light Conundrum?
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org

> My 67 has all new wire harnesses, end to end. All new
> bulbs, all new fuses, all new everything. In fact, on
> a good humor side, I am a step or two and a paint job
> away, from being on Darth's Trail.
> So, just wondering, with all that is replaced has
> anybody ever had just the left(Driver's side) brake
> light not operate?
> Let me explain further: All other light functions work
> in that fixture(Running lights and signal and even
> e-Flasher) just not the brake light on the left side.
> Strange part is that the feed for both brake lights
> come through the left side.
> I swapped the new bulbs out, and the problem did not
> follow the bulb, it stayed with the fixture. I even
> cut the new harness and installed even newer sockets,
> on both sides... Still no left brake light.
> Now, is it possible to have a bad ground and still all
> the other functions work in that fixture?
> Before you reply, I did take all the rear light
> buckets off a while back and completely cleaned them
> and replaced the lenses and all. I was having the
> problem before as well, and Still the same problem. I
> even took my little wire-ball-brush and spun it around
> the socket hole, and still no change.
> Has anybody got an idea what could be causing this?
> Best Regards,
> Danny Barber
> 67 Vert
> 
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