I posted a thread in another section about going to a large cruise in last night, and I wanted to take my '62. The last time I had it out and was backing it into the garage, my wife tells me I have no brake lights on the passenger side. Driver side is fine. I procrastinated and never got around to fixing it, so last night I decided not to take it. Put it on my list of things to do today. After fooling with the fan belt, moved onto the lights. I really fought doing this because they are a big PITA. So, tried all the lights and unbelievably, they all work, including the brake lights, except the right front parking light. Not sure why they are working, but I don't want to question a good thing. Honestly, I really hate these lights. There are too many of them and they are very sensitive. Slamming the trunk closed probably disconnected them again. I really do think that they don't ground very well. I've replaced 2 and they were plastic with two points of contact for grounding. I found some AC Delco metal sockets and ordered some of them. I think I'll replace all the sockets and see what happens.
Should mention this also. Previously, I had to rig up something to keep the brake pedal depressed so that I could see what was going on at the rear. Today, it occurred to me to take the 2 wire ends off the brake switch and use a jumper wire between them. Worked perfectly. Geez, how simple was that. Sometimes, I needlessly complicate things for myself, Carmine.
