Hi Joe,
It's probably a bad ground (i.e, no ground) caused by a bad socket. I had
the same problem, which turned out to be internal corrosion between the
silver prong ring that fits into the light housing and the brass part that
connects to the bulb base. They just fit one on top of the other in the
socket, held in (and together) by the plastic rim of the socket itself.
It's not made to come apart, so you run the risk of breaking the socket.
Being in Hawaii with not much to fall back on in the way of parts, I took
a very small screwdriver and forced the silver ring out of the plastic base.
Forget trying to solder it to the other part...at least I couldn't. I
cleaned with a Dremel and reassembled with dielectric grease. It's worked
so far, but the sockets with separate grounds that Rob described sound the
best. Depends on how much time you have to fix. Good luck!
Jeff
74 CF13816U
Subject: brake lights not working
> Hi folks,
> I'm trying to get ready for Trials. I've discovered that my right brake
> light doesn't work correctly. With the driving ights off, the right brake
> light
> comes on dull when the brake is applyed. The left side is the normal
> bright.
> The right light glows normally with the running lights on, but when I step
> on
> the brake, the light goes out completely. The left side works fine. All
> other lights work normally. I figure there is a bad ground somewhere.
> The
> fixture is clean, all the contacts look ok. I shined them up and put
> delectric
> grease on but no improvement. Does any one know where the fault is. My
> multimeter is shot
> Thanks
> Joe Davis
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