Topic: Dumb-as-a-rock brake light question
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If the turn signals work, that tells you the bulbs are good. You either have a bad fuse, a brake switch that is bad/disconnected/out of adjustment, a wiring issue, or..horrors...a bad turn signal switch....
Turn sigs working eliminate the bulbs as a problem. If the hazzards work, the fuse is good. If the hazzards DO work, hit the brake pedal while they are flashing....see if they stop flashing.
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thank you all for your advice. last night I tried the hazards lights and NOPE...nada....nothing. I got the same blank look as I used to get from my teenage daughters in days gone by. I did not try the blinkers. Thank you for the fuse chart, with these eyes, that will help a LOT!
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rraider1 said: good luck like your warning 
More helpful hints from that radar guy and the Texas-Man with the "In-bread" Cat!!!!
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VikingVette said:... last night I tried the hazards lights and NOPE...nada....nothing
Kinda looking like a bad fuse at this point. Good luck getting under there to look, and change it out....
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If only I could insert another joint (NO, not that kind of joint...sheeeesh) half way between my elbow and my wrist, I would be ok. Me thinks that I will remove front seat first. I just do not bend like that anymore!!!!!
Warning: The surgeon general has declared that it is NOT unhealthy to smoke your competition AND I just discovered that my corvette is a hybred. It burns gas and rubber!
VikingVette said: If only I could insert another joint (NO, not that kind of joint...sheeeesh) half way between my elbow and my wrist, I would be ok. Me thinks that I will remove front seat first. I just do not bend like that anymore!!!!!
or ....
ask your smaller more nimbler neighbor to give you a HAND !
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ceastham1 said:
or ....
ask your smaller more nimbler neighbor to give you a HAND !
VikingVette said: If only I could insert another joint (NO, not that kind of joint...sheeeesh) half way between my elbow and my wrist, I would be ok. Me thinks that I will remove front seat first. I just do not bend like that anymore!!!!!
or ....
ask your smaller more nimbler neighbor to give you a HAND !
Why do you think I have my 16 year old daughter as my head mechanic!
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