Re: Brake light issue

Posted by HH56 On 2016/6/18 9:44:11

Not that familiar with where the wire was located in 41s but most cars have 2 to 4 wires in the loom portion going across the trunk. 2 for the tail and stop functions & possibly the gas sender is in a part of it. It looks from the diagram the sender may be a separate wire but if that is included then it usually drops out thru a grommet in the floor somewhere around the middle Turn signals are an unknown. Right side signal could have a wire in the loom or maybe a separate loom was used. The stop and tail wires in the loom should be connected to the same connectors as the left tail light.

If the loom has been worked on and if you can still see any color I would ohm out the loom and verify the same color is used at each end. If no colors are visible then ohm out and see if the same wire appears to be doing the same thing at each end. That might require removing the bulbs and checking that only one contact and it is the same contact in each socket is getting voltage when the tail lights are on. The other contact would get voltage only when the brakes are applied.

Here is a partial 41 diagram showing the connectors and the loom. Note that there are also some straight inline connectors joining two portions of the loom and are located closer to the front. Not sure where those are physically but if a mixup happened there that could be another source of the problem.

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