Again, you didn't give the year/model so I can't be sure which switch
you have, but on my 88 and the son's 91 the switch has a two-wire
lead/connector that plugs onto the switch itself. On his, he has a
third tab connected to the open side of the switch that is referenced
in the FSM as being for the auto tranny only. I also have the third
tab with a 5-spd but it is simply sitting there with no connection.

On those larger connectors you sometimes have to "reason" with them -
they have a locking tit on the lug that drops into a hole in the
female side and they can be pretty tight to get off. I use a thin
screwdriver to pry the connector off - carefully.
Since you are working with one lead hot to the battery, you might want
to pull the negative cable before doing this unless arcs and sparks
don't bother you.

On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:17:31 UTC "Len" > wrote:

> Will thanks for the advise, I will check the ground. The reason I
> thought it was the brake switch is because it's only when I brake that
> all the back tail lights go out except the one on the hatch door. It
> was cheap enough to buy, but I couldn't get the wiring disconected.
>
>
> Will Honea wrote:
> > On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 02:07:16 UTC "Len" > wrote:
> >
> > > 01 Loredo, With running lights on and press on the brake, all tail
> > > lights go out. The hatch light works fine. Could this be the brake
> > > switch. If so , what is the trick to getting the wire harness
> > > unplugged?
> >
> > In general, what you describe is a ground problem with the rear lights
> > - brake lights use more power than the tail lights, so if the ground
> > is flakey, the extra load will cause the bad grouind to open. If you
> > pull the light assembly, you should find a ground wire from the
> > plastic housing to the rear fender - take that sucker loose from the
> > fender and clean the snot out of it
> >
> > Don't know exactly how your brake switch is mounted - you don't give a
> > year - but on my vintage '88 the brake switch is a simple normally
> > open switch mounted on the brake pedal where the square end of the
> > connecting rod operates it - no way is it going to affect the tail
> > lights.
> >
> > --
> > Will Honea
>


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