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Old 24th January 2018, 05:00   #7702
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Originally Posted by ryszard View Post
Hi,yesterday fitted replacement brake light switch to replace burnt out one,one from Rimmers,brake lights constantly on,so tried a spare loaned by Dan from Banbury but lights still staying on,thought when switch had combusted maybe a part of the loom was burnt out.Stripped out car looking for shorts but found nothing.Checked my self installed tow bar and even disconnected it,still on.Looked at previous posts where someone suggested fuse 7.Bingo,fuse 7 behind glovebox burnt.Replaced now brake lights normal.According to manual fuse 7 is light switch control unit.No mention of brakes.Why did all the other lights function ok?As drivers seat out decided to bleed new fluid through the clutch.Then decided to look at my handbrake compensator.Then it started raining and got dark so packed up.Regatds Ry....
And if your car had been a facelift it would have been fuse 13

Don't worry about it, the first time I experienced this was on a rescue 75, that had been mauled wiring wise........just ask Trikey how long it took us to sort it out

Brian
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