Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 00:38:41 GMT From: Ywan Mason <ymasonnopsamsouth.net> Subject: Re: Brake Lights
Bet your car is a 4 door. Remove the pasteboard cover along the rear of the trunk. You probably will have to pull the carpet back a little on each side to remove the light assemblies, they just clip in the lens with two release tabs. Get them out and unplug them. Especially on the left side, note the second pin, the one the black wire runs to, it will be burnt. Clean it best you can with a flat screwdriver or a Ladies fingernail file (wifey calls these emery boards). Carefully separate the connector into its two halves on the left side and clean up the pins there. Some electric contact cleaner will work well as well as leave a bit of a protective coating. carefully bend any damaged pins back to a tight fit. Trace on the circuit board from this pin to a point where it comes to a square piece of metal. I drill a hole here, insert a bolt, washers and nut to hold an eyelet to which I run a new ground wire for the assembly. A good ground point is under the floor cover at the center cross member. Another ground is already there, just loosen the screw and add the new ones. I also splice this new wire into the old grounds, but this is not really necessary. Check all your bulbs, they may need replacing if the end s on them are melted down, even if they still work. Reassemble and do the same thing for the right side. The left side will be the worst, as both sides piggyback off its connectors. Problem is solved and you do not have to buy new light assemblies.
