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Bob.Drenning
 Post subject: Brake Lights
PostPosted: Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:42 pm 
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Came home tonight ,opened the garage door and whoa the Z,s brake lights were staring brightly@me.Any ideas would be helpful. Should I pull the fuse to keep the lights from burning out.Oh 84 AE 96K driven 3K/YR
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Frank T
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Yessir, pull the fuse if for no other reason than to save the battery.

Then closely examine the adjustment on your brake pedal.

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PhrogZ46
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There's a rubber stopper on the brake pedal arm that fits into a small hole. When the brake pedal has no pressure on it, it holds a small button switch down which turns the lights off. This little rubber thing likes to fall out after it ages a while and the rubber dries out. With nothing left to push the button, the switch stays unpressed, causing the brake lights to be on indefinitely.

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maybe there's a mouse sittin on it. :P
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PhrogZ46 wrote:
There's a rubber stopper on the brake pedal arm that fits into a small hole. When the brake pedal has no pressure on it, it holds a small button switch down which turns the lights off. This little rubber thing likes to fall out after it ages a while and the rubber dries out. With nothing left to push the button, the switch stays unpressed, causing the brake lights to be on indefinitely.


I've had good luck replacing the rubber stopper with w simple bolt/washer/nut. Now that's not going anywhere! :wink:

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Bob.Drenning
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Thanks to all of you for your help. I will use all suggestions-Bob
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PhrogZ46
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John T wrote:

I've had good luck replacing the rubber stopper with w simple bolt/washer/nut. Now that's not going anywhere! :wink:


It works (mine has a plastic button in it) but I'd imagine any hard material replacement will wear out the switch faster.

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Bob.Drenning
 Post subject: Re:brake lights
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Thanks for the answer------------IT WORKED---Bob
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Paul
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You killed the mouse :?: :lol:
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Frank T
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**CONGRATULATIONS (AGAIN!) PAUL ~ YOU JUST ENTERED THIS CLUB's 19,000th POST!! :D

See my entry in our WHAT'S NEW Forum to learn more! :wink:

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actually Frank it was a tie. :D not that i was keeping track. :lol:

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