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Expert: - 6/4/2008


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QUESTION: I have a 1966 Corvette. Recently the brake lights work one day then don't work the next, sometimes only one side will come on. I replaced the brake switch twice, but I'm still having the same problem. After the last brake switch installation the brake lights don't work at all now. Can you help me determine what I need to do and the correct way the brake switch should be hooked up. Thank you.

ANSWER: Do the directional lights work OK? Let me know.

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QUESTION: Yes, the directional lights work fine.

Answer
The stop light switch sends a single wire voltage up to the directional switch. With the switch in the straight ahead position it contacts both stop light/directional wires sending voltage to each stop light. When the switch is moved to either left or right it then connects the opposite stop light to the stop switch and the other wire to the directional flasher. If one light works when in neutral and the other does not it usually indicates a bad directional switch.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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