<VV> No brake lights!

[Marc Sheridan]

I now have brake lights! Ed was right on the money. I had the yellow wire on 
the switch instead of the white one.

I was putting the new harness in based on "if the connectors fit, it must be 
right". That pretty much works, except in this case. There are three single 
wires that come out of the same place and evidently the white one got hung 
up and I didn't see it. The brake light switch needed two wires and that was 
all I saw, so I plugged them in.

Thanks Ed. This one was giving me fits and problably would've taken me days 
or weeks to find on my own. You saved me lot of grief!

Marc Sheridan

From: "Ed Dowds" <ed_dowds at hotmail.com>

> Marc-
> Check which wires you have connected at the brake light switch. There 
> should be a white wire on one connector and an orange on on the other. The 
> white wire should go to the steering column connector on the other end. I 
> suspect you have the yellow wire (which is for the radio) connected to the 
> switch rather than the white wire.
>
>>Part of the reassembly of my '66 Monza included a new dash wire harness. I 
>>changed out the harness and everything seemed to be working, but now I 
>>find myself with no brake lights. Now I'm doubting if I ever they ever 
>>worked since I changed out the harness. All the other lights work, 
>>including the tail lights and rear turn signals. The odd thing is that 
>>when the brake light switch is closed (brake pedal pushed) the accessory 
>>circuit is activated.
>>Any ideas? I'm not very good when it comes to electrical gremlins.
>>Marc Sheridan