Peculiar problem on 1934 1103

Posted by Terry Cantelo On 2012/8/13 12:03:10

After 4years of owning the car I have just come across a strange electrical happening.What I have is this.

1. When I switch the lights on to any position everything works fine except the rear lights and stop light bulbs all come on together.

2.When the lights are all off and the footbrakes are applied the tail lights and stop light bulbs all come on together.

3. When the cars gear lever is placed in reverse the backing lights and stop light bulbs all come on together plus the dash lights come on.

4. When the lights are turned on and the foot brake applied of course no stop lights show as the bulbs are already lit.

I have studied the wiring diagram and I can't see anything obvious to cause this oddity.

All that has been done recently is the contacts cleaned on the back up switch which entailed nothing but cleaning with no wires disturbed

Has anyone out there come across this happening and where do I start to look for the fault?

I am hoping someone has an answer

Many thanks

Terry