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three lever light switch part II

Monster Man

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so I got my new (used) light switch from Alex today, popped it on, everything works now EXCEPT the brake lights. Alex had warned the brake light switch could also have burned up, he said that's not uncommon. Well, we located the brake light switch (we're pretty darn sure that's what it was, on the lower cylinder (what I'm assuming is the air assist unit)), popped the two wire plug off of it, and with our light switch set to both stop light and service drive, tried to jump the wires together. Neither one activated the brake lights.

My question is- what's the deal? What else should I check in the stop light circuit? Should I attempt to replace the hydraulic switch or is that a total bear?

I have a strange feeling the brake light switch might have contributed to my light switch burning up, so with the brake light switch disconnected should I have to worry about the light switch burning up again, or is that whole circuit dead with the brake light switch disconnected?

Is there anything else I could be missing? We'll pop the multimeter out tomorrow and check whether those wires to the switch are even getting power, but is there anything easy to look for before trying to track this gremlin down?

thanks as always!
 

outlaw

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if you get power to the stop light switch and still no brake lights
ill bet your turn single switch is bad
 

Monster Man

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Originally posted by outlaw

if you get power to the stop light switch and still no brake lights
ill bet your turn single switch is bad
eeps! argh, well, the wire in the light switch that burned up was yellow- corresponding with the turn signal. But, my signal switch works now so I figured that's not what was initially at fault. Now that you mention that I'll not run the light switch until I check out the signal

thanks
 

Monster Man

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well, we tested power to the brake light switch and couldn't get anything.
Looking at the info I found it indicates that the signal wire in the light switch had burned up and taken the brake light wires with it. I popped off the signal switch cover and there were some burned wires, but it didn't look as bad as my light switch.

I ordered a brand new one so we'll see if that fixes it, I'm also making sure all my bulbs are 24v, I read that when lower voltage bulbs are used it will burn the switches up cause of increased electrical flow. What do you think of that? Likely?
 

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<font color="green">[4]<font face="Comic Sans MS">Lance, make sure your flashing unit on the inner fenderwell is well grounded. That ground condition always contrubutes to a bevy of weird problems. Also check the bulbs during testing.</font id="Comic Sans MS">[/4]</font id="green">
 

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Monster Man

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Originally posted by Recovry4x4

<font color="green">[4]<font face="Comic Sans MS">Lance, make sure your flashing unit on the inner fenderwell is well grounded. That ground condition always contrubutes to a bevy of weird problems. Also check the bulbs during testing.</font id="Comic Sans MS">[/4]</font id="green">
thanks, will keep you posted if I get anything. I checked the bulbs, they're 24v and I bought some spares- OUCH! $10.72 for two bulbs <img src="emoticons/icon_smilie_bitchin.gif" alt="Bitchin">
 
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