IML: 74 LeBaron t/s problem

["Pete Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

To reinforce what Chris in LA has stated, the turn signals, parking lights,
and hazard flashers can work perfectly with a bad t/s switch but the brake
lights will not.  That's because current from the brake light switch passes
through contacts in the t/s switch before continuing on to the brake lights.
This design allows the use of a common filament for turn and brake lights.
Just yesterday I was working on a 91 Cadillac Brougham with the exact same
problem.  It was a bad t/s switch.

Pete in PA

From: Zack Morton <zmorty74@xxxxxxx>
Subject: IML: Brake lights not working on a 74
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 17:11:32 -0500
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Thank you so much for all your suggestions.  The turn signals do  
work.  As well as hazards, and everything else on that fuse.  There  
are 4 wires going into the brake light switch.  Two from the cruise  
control?  I tried bypassing them both, to no avail.  Is it worth  
getting a new switch anyway?  What other possibilities could it be?   
Oh and I did check all the lights on the extremely rare possibility  
that all 4 bright filaments were burned out, but both filaments on  
all the lights were good.  Somebody mentioned something about the  
turn signal switch being bad?  Was that only if the turn signals   
didn't work?  Anyway, I'm open to suggestions.  Thanks everybody.




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