At 04:10 PM 4/26/2015, Spencer Allen wrote: >Can someone tell me the location of ground for the brake light bulbs >on an 85 westy. Is it below the coil or below the distributor? I >cleaned all the grounds last fall and now the brake lights don't >work but I do have lights, side lights & turn signals. Do they all >have the same ground location? I have the battery out now and before >I start testing the circuits under the dash I want to make sure all >is good with the grounds. Thanks for any help. >Spencer There is one ground wire for each taillight assembly, and that wire is also doubled to go to the rear side markers from the 31 terminals of the taillights. Both wires are brown and go to ground near the ignition coil. There is not a separate ground for the brake lights. Yours, David |
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