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warning lite in the dash...wont go out..but my lite bulbs are ok..parking turn, hi/lo, rev, brake
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Re: warning lite in the dash...wont go out..but my lite bulbs areok..parking turn, hi/lo, rev, brake -
10-03-2006
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... The rear tail light assembly is quite a horrid design. For each bulb there is a set of contacts between the holder and the flexible PC board and between the bulb and the holder. Than there is the main connector for the harness on the flexible PC board. Lot of potential for things to go wrong and they do. |
Don't I know it... My right rear brake light refuses to work. I've
replaced the bulbs, fiddled with the connections, etc... as much as one
can do squeezing into the little access space.
Going to have to pull it out and work it over proper.
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You wrote: Still difficult to check the brake lights, unless you have something shiny behind you. Brake lights work with the engine off so you can test them in the garage with the door down. |
If you're lucky enough to have a garage, and it isn't full of other crap.
I did say something shiny behind you helps, I suppose in the dark any
sort of wall is shiny enough.
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I've had so many "lite-out alerts" over the years that I carry a wooden stick that I can wedge between the front edge of the driver seat and the brake pedal, to hold it down. Then I walk back and see which brake light is out. Unfortunately, I recently noticed that when I lift the tailgate ('89 240 wagon), the center brake light flickers or goes out, so I'm guessing I'll have to replace the flexible cables into the tailgate sometime soon... any suggestions? |
Yeah, replace the harnesses in both hinges, you pretty well nailed it
down. It isn't particularly difficult or expensive.
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I recently replaced a headlight on my '83 245 with one I had kicking around the garage. The lamps in it are generic sealed beam (sealed... lol, I had to replace the one that was ¼ full of water.) The one I put in was one of those expensive "quartz" lamps. The warning light still comes on when I turn on the headlights. Both lamps work. S'pose having a quartz one on one side and a clunky old sealed beam on the other can cause this too? |
sensor is very sensitive, too much so.
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Boris Mohar wrote: ... The rear tail light assembly is quite a horrid design. For each bulb there is a set of contacts between the holder and the flexible PC board and between the bulb and the holder. Than there is the main connector for the harness on the flexible PC board. Lot of potential for things to go wrong and they do. Don't I know it... My right rear brake light refuses to work. I've replaced the bulbs, fiddled with the connections, etc... as much as one can do squeezing into the little access space. Going to have to pull it out and work it over proper. |
Check the connector that plugs into the light assembly. Sometimes the one or
more of the contacts will wear right through the printed circuit board pads
that make the contact with the connector pins. I repaired few with adhesive
backed copper tape from stained glass supplier and some careful soldering.
Regards,
Boris Mohar
Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca
void _-void-_ in the obvious place
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Still difficult to check the brake lights, unless you have something shiny behind you. |
pedal.) All you need is enough pressure to drop the pedal far enough.
Of course, it does take bit of time (five-ten minutes) to check
everything but not hard.
Backing into the garage and tapping the brakes (especially with a
convex traffic mirror positioned properly) but I don't have a garage....
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