69 Notch Barracuda - Rebirth
After the new signal switch install, I forgot to check the brake lights (the signals worked fine, so I just assumed I was good to go). I didn’t know at the time how integral the turn signal switch is with the brake lights. I knew something was up, since when I hit the brakes, the right signal dash lamp came on (I think the left would have come on as well, but my left turn signal dash lamp has never worked... it worked on the bench so just another thing I have to track down, but not critical). Turns out, when I hit the brakes, the current was going to the front parking lights on both sides... and NO brake lights :):(
When SlantSixDan’s switch came, the green wire colors were too close to tell the difference, and the tan colors were the same... but one wire had tiny black lettering and one didn’t.
I must not have paid enough attention with the tans, but with the greens there was no way to tell which was which when as they exited the sheathing at the end. I won’t make the same mistake again, and will do much more thorough testing.. with multiple tiny alligator clips, and make sure EVERYTHING is correct before inserting the new wires into the old plug and snapping it back together.
Anyway.. i looked at my diagram and followed the brake light wires (on each side) all the way up the the harness/plug leading to the turn signal switch and that told me exactly which colors I had wrong (the ones matching the colors leading to the front parking lights on each side).
So, I had to swap 4 wires (greens and tans) in the new switch/plug to make the brakes and everything work correctly. For the dark green, I just put a black dot (or ring) on the new switch wire near the plug.
I then jotted this all down in my ‘build’ journal for future reference.
After the new signal switch install, I forgot to check the brake lights (the signals worked fine, so I just assumed I was good to go). I didn’t know at the time how integral the turn signal switch is with the brake lights. I knew something was up, since when I hit the brakes, the right signal dash lamp came on (I think the left would have come on as well, but my left turn signal dash lamp has never worked... it worked on the bench so just another thing I have to track down, but not critical). Turns out, when I hit the brakes, the current was going to the front parking lights on both sides... and NO brake lights :):(
When SlantSixDan’s switch came, the green wire colors were too close to tell the difference, and the tan colors were the same... but one wire had tiny black lettering and one didn’t.
I must not have paid enough attention with the tans, but with the greens there was no way to tell which was which when as they exited the sheathing at the end. I won’t make the same mistake again, and will do much more thorough testing.. with multiple tiny alligator clips, and make sure EVERYTHING is correct before inserting the new wires into the old plug and snapping it back together.
Anyway.. i looked at my diagram and followed the brake light wires (on each side) all the way up the the harness/plug leading to the turn signal switch and that told me exactly which colors I had wrong (the ones matching the colors leading to the front parking lights on each side).
So, I had to swap 4 wires (greens and tans) in the new switch/plug to make the brakes and everything work correctly. For the dark green, I just put a black dot (or ring) on the new switch wire near the plug.
I then jotted this all down in my ‘build’ journal for future reference.