Re: Brake light problem

[jtrealty@xxxx]

Use a test light or meter and follow the voltage to the point that it 
doesn't get to the bulbs. If it does get to the bulbs verify the 
ground connection is intact. The O.E.M. taillight boards are very 
unreliable. Either replace with Zilla boards or go to Radio Shack and 
get some tiny nuts and bolts and put into the rivets. Refer to 
archives for these fixes. Some have also soldered the rivets to the 
foil to try to get a good contact. Sometimes bulbs look good but 1 
side of the filiment has come loose and is just touching the contact. 
I flick the bulb with a finger and watch to see if the filiment is 
only hanging on at 1 end.(It will wave with only 1 end attached) This 
is a large cause of intermittant bulbs.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Joe Thome" <joethome@xxxx> wrote:
> Listmembers:
> My right brake lights don't work. I have checked the bulbs and they 
are OK. I also took the connector apart and lightly filed the contacts 
but the right brake lights still don't work. Does anyone have any 
ideas what I should do next?
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> Many thanks in advance to this wonderful source for information and 
help.
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> Joe Thome
> '81 "D" VIN 6467 since 3/12/01
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