Short in brake light/courtesy lights wiring

[Dave Marshall]

Been chasing a short in the brake/courtesy light wiring for three days on my '65 vert -- no luck. Does anyone have any good thoughts on where my problem might likely be that I may be overlooking? As usual thanks for any help.

Dave Marshall

[Verle R.]

Re: Short in brake light/courtesy lights wiring

Dave,

Are the lights on all the time?

Verle

[Joe C.]

Re: Short in brake light/courtesy lights wiring

Dave:

Check your wiring schematic, as the brake light circuit probably goes into the steering column harness.

Joe

[Dave Ware]

Re: Short in brake light/courtesy lights wiring

Make sure you have the correct #90 bulb in the luggage compartment light. That is a dual contact socket, but since the socket body is not grounded, one of the contacts in the socket is your ground. When you use an incorrect bulb, such as a tailight bulb (#1157) you could end up with a short. Hope this helps. At least it's an easy check. Let us know what you find.

[Dave Marshall]

Re: Short in brake light/courtesy lights wiring

I found my short!!!!!!! It was the tiny little wire that goes to the glove box light. That wire hooks directly to one side of the bottom fuse in the fuse block. So thanks to all who had suggestions -- I looked at each of those first.

Dave Marshall