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| cooper951 |
 Sep 14 2018, 08:38 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 30-September 15 From: Central Missouri Member No.: 19,219 Region Association: None  |
So I took the teener for inspection this morning and no brake lights. That's the bad news. The good news is no one has slammed into me from the rear up to this point. Since I doubt it is a bulb issue, where to start? Is there a brake light switch, and where is it located? TIA.
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| 914Sixer |
Sep 14 2018, 08:48 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,863 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Check lever on pedal cluster. Can't remember if it is over or under washer though. Thinking under. Check to if 2 wires plugged in.
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| Localboy808 |
Sep 14 2018, 09:10 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 185 Joined: 17-July 16 From: Palmdale, Ca Member No.: 20,194 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(cooper951 @ Sep 14 2018, 09:38 AM)  So I took the teener for inspection this morning and no brake lights. That's the bad news. The good news is no one has slammed into me from the rear up to this point. Since I doubt it is a bulb issue, where to start? Is there a brake light switch, and where is it located? TIA. Funny I have the same issue right now. Havent had the time to really get into figuring it out yet. The switch is at the master cylinder. Wire going into it and wire leaving it. I have no voltage at the switch so I need to break out a schematic and see where that 12v comes from. I think it gets it from the fuse panel. |
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| carking1996 |
Sep 14 2018, 09:14 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 15-September 16 From: Ohio Member No.: 20,399 Region Association: North East States |
I think the fuse is #7 or #8 around there. Controls cluster, brake light switch, turn signals (I think).
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| barefoot |
Sep 14 2018, 10:43 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,268 Joined: 19-March 13 From: Charleston SC Member No.: 15,673 Region Association: South East States
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Funny I have the same issue right now. Havent had the time to really get into figuring it out yet. The switch is at the master cylinder. Wire going into it and wire leaving it. I have no voltage at the switch so I need to break out a schematic and see where that 12v comes from. I think it gets it from the fuse panel.
[/quote] The switch on the master cylinder is not the brake light switch, it's a safety switch to show bad master cylinder. the brake light switch is in the cockpit in behind the pedal board and has a lever that the brake pedal actuates. |
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| rhodyguy |
Sep 14 2018, 10:57 AM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,055 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
Get a Haynes manual. The switch, how it it is installed and how to adjust it is all there.
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| TheCabinetmaker |
Sep 14 2018, 11:06 AM
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I drive my car everyday Group: Members Posts: 8,300 Joined: 8-May 03 From: Tulsa, Ok. Member No.: 666 |
Yeah, check fuse#8. Then buy a Haynes manual, as above! And do a Google search with the question followed by 914 world. Us old farts have answered these q's a thousand times and it's all on this forum. Just search
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| cooper951 |
Sep 14 2018, 01:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 83 Joined: 30-September 15 From: Central Missouri Member No.: 19,219 Region Association: None |
Thanks all!
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| dirk2056 |
Sep 14 2018, 03:50 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 92 Joined: 31-July 17 From: cincinnati/Eastside Member No.: 21,304 Region Association: Middle East
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QUOTE(cooper951 @ Sep 14 2018, 01:27 PM) Thanks all! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Check the ground wires if they are crossed or switched I chased this for a month!! |
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| Localboy808 |
Sep 14 2018, 09:22 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 185 Joined: 17-July 16 From: Palmdale, Ca Member No.: 20,194 Region Association: None |
[quote name='barefoot' date='Sep 14 2018, 11:43 AM' post='2648806']
Funny I have the same issue right now. Havent had the time to really get into figuring it out yet. The switch is at the master cylinder. Wire going into it and wire leaving it. I have no voltage at the switch so I need to break out a schematic and see where that 12v comes from. I think it gets it from the fuse panel. [/quote] The switch on the master cylinder is not the brake light switch, it's a safety switch to show bad master cylinder. the brake light switch is in the cockpit in behind the pedal board and has a lever that the brake pedal actuates. [/quote] Thanks for the correction! I forgot that! Now I know where to start looking! Scott |
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