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Rear brake lights

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 3:36 pm
by Drax
had the rear brake light occasionally come on for a long long time - ignored it as it was so rare an occurrence.

now, it comes on every time and i have zero brakes lights, including the 3rd brake light. bulbs seems fine, fuse checks ok.

....now where do i go? lol

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:07 pm
by mercutio
the fault indicator unit in the bulb holder??

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:27 pm
by Drax
mercutio wrote:the fault indicator unit in the bulb holder??
ya wha wha :?

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:31 pm
by mercutio
the plastic backing bit that holds all the bulbs???? has a little box attached its a bulb fault indicator

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 5:14 pm
by Vtecmec
Check the switch on the pedal.

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:30 pm
by Drax
mercutio wrote:the plastic backing bit that holds all the bulbs???? has a little box attached its a bulb fault indicator
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never seen or heard of it lol but ill check it out now - is it part of the plastic unit holding in the bulbs?
Vtecmec wrote:Check the switch on the pedal.
hhmm will check this now, not sure what im looking for but ill go check it out cheers

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 10:43 pm
by Vtecmec
It's a small cylindrical plunger switch, operated by the pedal itself. Effectively it switches the brake light on and off.

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:03 pm
by Drax
Vtecmec wrote:It's a small cylindrical plunger switch, operated by the pedal itself. Effectively it switches the brake light on and off.
got it. seems in good nick, looks like theres a sensor and assembly the other side of the pedal with wiring, could be that sensor gone so ill source another and swap it. @bri - got one?

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:07 pm
by Vtecmec
Just unplug the wiring and check for conductivity across the pins on the switch when it's pressed, rather than just swapping it as it might not be your issue.

Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2015 11:14 pm
by Drax
Vtecmec wrote:Just unplug the wiring and check for conductivity across the pins on the switch when it's pressed, rather than just swapping it as it might not be your issue.
gotcha! i shall get a multimeter this week and check it out, thanks bud!

edit: finally found the section on the manual for it
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