<VV> Problem with left rear brake light

[Dave Thompson]

COOL!!!
A free easy fix! I wish all my "Corvair issues were like that<SMILE>
Dave Thompson

-----Original Message-----
From: Charles McKinley [mailto:cmckinley313 at cox.net] 
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:07 PM
To: VirtualVairs at corvair.org
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