carfreak6970
Well-Known Member
I was driving home from work last night sitting at a light with my left turn signal on (my 68 Dart Convertible). The biker behind me informed me my brake light was out. I am assuming it was only my right one. But I thanked him and moved on. Once I got through the light and across the bridge I hit another light. And again, the biker informed me that I have no brake lights on either side. A little concerning, so when I got into the garage I verified that my brake lights do not work. However, the turn signals illuminated the tail lights. When the headlight switch is pulled out the tail lights come on and at that point the brake lights & turn signals work as they should. So I am a little confused.
The car has LED tail light bulbs that were spec'ed out by SlantsixDan. I have the turn signal flasher that he spec'ed out for LED tail lights. And the car has cruise control (so it has a different than normal brake light switch). The only thing that changed between the last time I drove the car and last night was I used the cruise control just to see if it worked (it did).
Am I correct in my thinking that the issue I am having would be a grounding issue? I did try taking a jumping wire from a tail light housing stud to the trunk light switch (figured that was my best ground) but it did not change anything. I guess my grounding issue could be from the socket to the tail light housing. Am I on the right track here?
Thanks
The car has LED tail light bulbs that were spec'ed out by SlantsixDan. I have the turn signal flasher that he spec'ed out for LED tail lights. And the car has cruise control (so it has a different than normal brake light switch). The only thing that changed between the last time I drove the car and last night was I used the cruise control just to see if it worked (it did).
Am I correct in my thinking that the issue I am having would be a grounding issue? I did try taking a jumping wire from a tail light housing stud to the trunk light switch (figured that was my best ground) but it did not change anything. I guess my grounding issue could be from the socket to the tail light housing. Am I on the right track here?
Thanks