The bulb socket on my '72 was shorted out (inside the plastic...) And would back feed both sides! I had replaced bulbs, brake light switch...
Until I replaced the socket! We took the old socket, cut the plastic away and THERE it was... As I drive the car so infrequently, I'd just replace the bulbs Until I had a day to simply putter with it! Speaking of that... maybe a quiet night with my Chevelle is a GR8 idea! Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Dan Rachlin <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected]: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:29:29 To: The Chevelle Mailing List<[email protected]> Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Electrical Short? If you still have the original brake light sockets, I would also check them as they ground on the body and if any water has gotten into the socket itself, then the middle of the bulb connection may be the problem. Put some die electric grease if they are ok and you plan on continuing to use them. You can also but aftermarket replacements (If you are not all orig) and they utilize a ground wire that you can ground elsewhere. Dan On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Larry Williams <[email protected]>wrote: > My 65 has an old after market wire loom. I have just noticed that the > brake light circuit has a short. I have blown two 20 amp fuses for that > circuit. The running and turn indicator circuits appear to be normal. I > have bought a new brake light switch, but have not installed it yet. I > can't see how this switch can caused the fuses to blow unless it is just a > bad connection. I will check the light plugs for a ground short today. > Hoping not to have to trace the wire from the fuse box. Anything I missed? > > Larry > > Everyday Is A Saturday
