Re: Hydraulic stop light switch

Posted by 55PackardGuy On 2019/6/25 11:42:33

HH,

More great stuff. The trunk light and gauges were out long before the brake lights went out, so there is probably no link between them. I bet it's the connection at the end of the MC. The wire was probably pulled out at shop. That would be a relief. Not my fault!

The courtesy light works by the switch, but it didn't used to. The mechanics fixed that a long time ago and I don't know how.

The rear loom comes in on the left side of the trunk along the fender, then goes to the floor after it powers the left tail light.

There is a wire going from the loom to the trunk light. It looks good, but the light doesn't work. I believe it's on the same circuit as the sending unit for the fuel tank, so that gauge might not be an instrument panel problem - who knows, maybe the sending unit is bad. The book shows how to test it, but as I mentioned before, there's no access panel in trunk so you'd have to drop the tank.

The temp gauge is really the most important one that's not working.

But the brake lights come first.

Incidentally, the right license plate light works, but the left does not. I believe I checked the bulb long ago and it was good.

Thanks again for all the great info which will be useful now and in the futre.

--- Guy