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mitch
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Aug 6, 2012, 6:46 PM
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94 chevy brake lights
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i have a 94 chevy p/u 175,xxx miles and 5.7 motor. i replaced the motor and now the brake lights don't work. they work when the truck is off but when the key is on or the truck is running they don't work the crash light works no matter if the truck is on or not. can anyone help?
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Aug 6, 2012, 6:54 PM
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Re: 94 chevy brake lights
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What's a crash light? Do you mean the 3rd (high mount) brake light? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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mitch
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:00 PM
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Re: 94 chevy brake lights
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yes thats what i mean. sorry i have always called it a crash light
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:01 PM
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Re: 94 chevy brake lights
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You most likely have a bad Combination switch in the steering column. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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mitch
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:05 PM
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i have already replaced it. i have tested it too and the switch works fine.
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:14 PM
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Apparently not. The signal for the 2 lower lights passes through that switch and then directly to the lights so if you have working turn signals the circuit is complete. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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mitch
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:19 PM
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the turn signals work and the four ways work so i have no idea whats wrong.
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:22 PM
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You're going to have to verify the brake light signal going into the combo switch (white wire) and coming back out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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mitch
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:26 PM
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can you explain to me how to do that?
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Aug 6, 2012, 7:29 PM
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You test for power when the brake is applied using a test light or digital voltmeter. If you don't know how to test for power, how are you telling me you tested the combo switch and it's fine? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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mitch
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Aug 7, 2012, 6:34 PM
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i figured out that the cab was not grounded
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Aug 7, 2012, 6:36 PM
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So, you're saying everything works now? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We offer help in answering questions, clarifying things or giving advice but we are not a substitute for an on-site inspection by a professional.
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