Ronnie: Use your test light and see if you are getting power at the wire where
it attaches to the light when the blinker is turned on. If memory serves the
interrupt device for the tail light for brake and blinker is in the turn signal
assembly on the steering column. There is only one wire to the tail light for
both brake and turn indicator. It gets its power from the turn indicator
switch. When the brake lights are on the feed going through the turn indicator
is hot and feeds continuous power. When you turn the turn indicator switch to
turn the blinker on the power to the brake lite is turned off and the power to
the turn indicator is turned on. When you test the wire with your test light
and it does not light up with turn indicator turned on but does with the brake
light on then I would conclude you have a problem in the turn indicator switch.
Probably not making a good contact with the feed to the tail light for turn
indicator in the turn indicator switch. If you take the switch off of the
column and remove the guts you can see what I am talking about.
Could be an easy fix and then it could not be. Worst case scenario would be a
new turn indicator switch.
On Saturday, September 12, 2015 1:50 PM, Ronnie Hughes
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Seems if blinker and tail lights both work properly, ground is okay.
I did pull everything apart and even reattached the spade on the taillight
assembly.
One wire feeds both blinker and brake light.
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On Sep 12, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ditto, that.
"I am not one of those who in expressing opinions confine themselves to facts."
Mark Twain
-------- Original message --------
From: Gary <garypalexander@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09/12/2015 1:01 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [tcb] Re: Brake Lights
Double check the ground....
On Sep 12, 2015, at 12:37 PM, "Ronnie Hughes" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
(Redacted sender "fracdogii@yahoo" for DMARC) wrote:
Okay, now that my rant is over,
On my '67 bus, the right turn signals work, the brake light doesn't. Left side
both work.
So, it's not the bulb, wiring or BL switch. What's next?
