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Re: brake lights won't come on
Posted by RayF (more from RayF) on Mon, 26 Dec 2011 14:41:45
In Reply to: Re: brake lights won't come on, mona, Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:21:14
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Ladislav:
This could well be the sockets in the lamp clusters out back. If brake lights got used a lot, they overheat, and melt the plastic surrounding the sockets, which lets the tin socket pull away from where it should sit, and the bulb moves away from the spring contacts.
If it's those sockets it will be evident if you fold back the carpet flap, then pull the lamp cluster after undoing the plastic clip at either side.
There's a cheapo fix, that involves soldering a bit of wire to the tin part of the socket, drilling two holes and passing it out the back of the plastic cluster, back in on the other side, up alongside the tin socket, and soldering again on the other side, once the socket is pushed down to where it belongs.
Or source another light cluster from a junkyard car, or from an indy, or from a site sponsor if available.
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