1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
06-01-2007, 03:15 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Yes.
A failure at the Turn Signal Switch might cause one brake light to stop
working. Bill is the only one I know that starts with the most difficult
test and works toward the easy one.
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
>
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2007, L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>> Hi Jorge,
>> Check the brake light switch up where the pedal lever joins the push
>> rod, wiggle it with your hand and have a spotter see if the lights then
>> work. Use a voltmeter to see if you have power to the switch, then out on
>> compression.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>
>> "jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1180623511.530671.115960@m36g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>>> Hello, i have a 1998 jeep wrangler sport and i just realized that my
>>> right break light is not working, i have changed the bulbs and checked
>>> all the fuses and they are all good. the bulbs do light up when i turn
>>> on my headlights but when i break they don't. if anyone can help me
>>> please let me know it would be very much appreciated, Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
>
> --
> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>
A failure at the Turn Signal Switch might cause one brake light to stop
working. Bill is the only one I know that starts with the most difficult
test and works toward the easy one.
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
news:Pine.NEB.4.64.0706011026190.20541@panix1.pani x.com...
>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
>
>
> On Thu, 31 May 2007, L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:
>
>> Hi Jorge,
>> Check the brake light switch up where the pedal lever joins the push
>> rod, wiggle it with your hand and have a spotter see if the lights then
>> work. Use a voltmeter to see if you have power to the switch, then out on
>> compression.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
>> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>>
>>
>> "jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1180623511.530671.115960@m36g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>>> Hello, i have a 1998 jeep wrangler sport and i just realized that my
>>> right break light is not working, i have changed the bulbs and checked
>>> all the fuses and they are all good. the bulbs do light up when i turn
>>> on my headlights but when i break they don't. if anyone can help me
>>> please let me know it would be very much appreciated, Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
>>
>>
>
> --
> "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
> that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
> Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.
>
06-01-2007, 08:11 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Cool.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
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God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
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06-01-2007, 08:11 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Cool.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
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God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
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06-01-2007, 08:11 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Cool.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
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06-01-2007, 08:11 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Cool.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"jorge1145" <jorge1145@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1180708613.814928.142610@k79g2000hse.googlegr oups.com...
>
> Mike, thanks so much.. I checked out the screws yesterday holding the
> tail [brake] light to the body after work and, sure enough, they were
> rusty and were the root of the problem. After a little WD-40 cleanup
> and jiggling the screws with a wrench the tail light became way more
> luminous. After I fixed the right one I noticed that the left was
> also very dim (which I couldn't tell before) and proceeded to fix that
> one as well!
>
> Now my Jeep is fixed and safer on the highway. Thanks again!
>
>
--
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06-01-2007, 08:13 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Yes.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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06-01-2007, 08:13 PM
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Yes.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Yes.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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Re: 1998 Jeep Wrangler Right Break Light Not working
Yes.
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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>
> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
--
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"Lee Ayrton" <layrton@panix.com> wrote in message
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> Wouldn't a failure at the brake light switch put both brake lights out,
> not just the righthand one?
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