<VV> Problem with left rear brake light

[Charles McKinley]

Indeed. I once had a '69 BMW 1600 in salt country (St. Louis), and its  
body was made entirely of rust. I had to run a ground wire loop all  
around just to get any of the  lights to work.

Chuck

On Dec 10, 2009, at 6:22 PM, n5hsr wrote:

> Or at least similar problems with a body-ground-return on a body  
> that rusts
> out.
>
> Charles Fregeau
> ex 62 700 Coupe.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Charles McKinley" <cmckinley313 at cox.net>
> To: <VirtualVairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 17:06
> Subject: Re: <VV> Problem with left rear brake light
>
>
>> Oh my - egg on face! Thanks to all for the suggestions, but it turned
>> out to be a tempest in a teapot. While replacing the horn wire in the
>> steering column last weekend, I pulled the cable connector for the
>> turn signal switch, and neglected to push it back in all the way. A
>> minute ago, I shoved it back in - problem solved. Obviously I didn't
>> drive the car in the meantime or it would have become obvious. I  
>> still
>> think that turn signal switch is one of the worst bits of engineering
>> ever inflicted on unsuspecting victims.
>>
>> Thanks again, and apologies for the false alarm! From the responses,
>> it's obvious that many of us have had the same fits.
>> Chuck
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Charles McKinley wrote:
>>
>>> My 63 Monza 900 has had a chronic problem with the left rear brake
>>> light being intermittent at best, and I wonder if others of you
>>> Vairiants have run into the same thing. Sometimes (but not always) I
>>> can get it to work by fiddling with the turn signal lever, but
>>> nothing seems to completely cure the problem, and I almost always
>>> get hollered at for it when I get the car inspected. The right rear
>>> brake light is as reliable as Gibraltar, but the left is maybe 50%.
>>> Suggestions are most welcome! Before you touch on the obvious, I've
>>> checked the bulbs and socket repeatedly. The left turn signal and
>>> tail light works just fine, it's only the brake light that's flaky.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Chuck McKinley
>>
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