Now im really confused
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Now im really confused
Started out with a blown fuse, everytime I push in hazard button on my 86 corvette the fuse would blow, I traced wire diden't find anything, so I said no big deal I wont use my hazards. Well now when I push brake pedal I have no back-up or break lights! Looks like im going to have to take it in and get checked out, I can imagine what that is going to cost me !! Does anyone know what else I should check before I get raked over the coals on a repaire job?
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Originally Posted by takovr
Well now when I push brake pedal I have no back-up or break lights! Looks like im going to have to take it in and get checked out, I can imagine what that is going to cost me !! Does anyone know what else I should check before I get raked over the coals on a repaire job?
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checked switch
I checked the brake pedal switch had wify look at brake lights, the white plunger clicks then fuse blows almost right away, if brake switch is bad would it blow the fuse? Also I have 2 switches on the brake pedal they are white one of them has 2 connectors on it but it is not pluged in.
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Originally Posted by Midnight 85
The switch on the brake pedal with the vacuum hoses on it is your cruise control.
Originally Posted by takovr
Yes, I do have one I will do a litle more troubleshooting
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Thx, I checked the pages looks like the hazard flasher is tied into brake switch. I changed the hazar flasher so it looks like I might have a short
on the wire going from the hazard flasher to the brake switch.
on the wire going from the hazard flasher to the brake switch.
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Originally Posted by takovr
Thx, I checked the pages looks like the hazard flasher is tied into brake switch. I changed the hazar flasher so it looks like I might have a short
on the wire going from the hazard flasher to the brake switch.
on the wire going from the hazard flasher to the brake switch.
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Originally Posted by 86PACER
A good way to check that is to unplug the componets on both ends and leave the wire in question fee. Then test the wire to ground with your ohm meter. There should be no continuity to ground with everything unplugged from it. If there is, then you have a short to ground somewere along the wire that is not supposed to be there which has to be causing your fuse to keep blowing. Then it's just a matter of tracing the wire within the car. It's all about using the shop manual diagrams as a map to test and eliminate sections and components of the circuit at a time, and narrow it down to where the problem has to be.
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Through personal experience I suggest your problem is a short in the wire inside your steering column. The wire chafes in there. It is the hazard and brake light circuit sharing one wire. It's abraided by the tilt.
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