Date:         Sat, 11 Oct 2014 10:32:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: ELECTRICAL: need help diagnosing non-working brake/backup
              lights
In-Reply-To:  <5439429D.80301@dugbert.com>
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Another question: the Bentley shows a connection to the brake warning light
which has the dual function of warning when the handbrake is on and, at
least on later models I've owned, a warning for low brake fluid. My car is
by the way a 1983 diesel.

Is the connection to the brake warning light necessary to operate and test
the system? I wouldn't think so, but I wanted to make sure before checking
further. The wares below the instrument cluster are not easy to reach with
the cluster installed.

Jim

On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Dug Smith <dug@dugbert.com> wrote:

> I had exactly the same problem recently, and tracked it down to a crappy
> spade connection to the fuse box (#8 on the '85).  I had to drop the box
> and clean it up, but it's been fine since.
>
>
> On 10/11/2014 7:43 AM, Jim Felder wrote:
>
>> Was apprised yesterday that neither of my brake likes are working. Don't
>> know how long the problem has been going on.
>>
>> I have 12 between the center (crosswise) terminal on the connectors to the
>> brake sensors and the pair (vertical) to either side.
>>
>> I have no 12v at the connector in the lamp housings.
>>
>> Backup light not working either.
>>
>> Since neither are working, it could of course be the switches on the MC,
>> but they are both relatively new and, in the past when one has failed, it
>> has failed closed so that my brake lights don't go off.
>>
>> ??
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
> toodle pip,
> --
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>