<VV> Electrical gremlins

[Marc Sheridan]

Jim,

I've got the scoop, now that I am home.

One symptom that I had when the brake lights weren't working, stepping on
the brake pedal energized the accessory circuit. It was strange to hit the
brakes and have the radio come on.

Ed Dowds answered my plea for help two years ago and told me I probably had
the orange wire and the yellow wire hooked to the brake light switch instead
of the orange wire and WHITE wire. He was correct.

I hadn't seen the white wire when I was hooking it up and the yellow wire
was in the right place at the wrong time. Both the white and the yellow wire
have the same single connector on them, so it fit and looked right.

Of course this in on a '66 and we can only hope the colors are the same for
both years.

Let us know if this is the problem.

Marc Sheridan

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Marc Sheridan <sheridanma1966 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jim,
>
> My '66 had the same brake light problem after I replaced the dash harness.
> From what I remember (I'm at work and can't access my notes) there are two
> wires that I think are orange, but one has a stripe. They both have the same
> type connector, so they can easily get mixed up. I think the other one is
> for the radio, but I'm not sure. If you can figure out what I'm talking
> about with my vague description, switch those two wires and see what
> happens. If no one chimes in with the proper colors, I'll find out when I
> get home and let you know.
>
> Marc Sheridan
> '66 Monza convertible
>
>   On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 8:38 AM, <JKFG717 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi; I have a bunch of electrical questions on my 65 Monza convert I need
>> help with. To start, it has a new engine harness and various other wiring
>> correctly replaced while in resto. So, my primary problem is no brake
>> lights. I
>> replaces the switch and the tail and directional signals work fine. Next,
>> when
>> the key is on and the car not running only the oil/temp light glows. When
>> you
>> turn the key to acc. then only the gen fan light glows. Finally, I only
>> had 2
>> of  the four dash panel lights working, I changed the bulbs and checked
>> each
>> one  before I replaced the next and all worked fine until the last one.
>> What a
>> *(*^*^  that was to try to get out from under the dash with my large
>> hands!
>> Any  ideas/help would be appreciated.
>>
>> Jim Govoni
>> CORSA
>> Group Corvair
>>
>>
>>
>>