Brake lights out Signal light dim

[Cliff. Elford]

Hey people, try this one: No left side brake lights and the left side turn signal lights are very very dim. Ideas? 1971 240 Z. Thanks. cliff

[wburstein]

Check the ground wire at the lights. Jump it directly to a bare metal part connected to the body. Just make sure you are grounding the right wire! Grounding a hot wire can be quite enlightening ;-)

If it is the ground, the lights will work properly when the jumper is in place. You can either start checking all the connections until you find the corroded one, or make a semi-permanent jumper wire.

[Cliff. Elford]

I solved the problem by removing,cleaning and resetting the turn signal switch. This is a monster to work with because the parts are so small and a very delicate setting is required to get all the contacts to come together properly relative to each setting of the switch. It takes a lot of patients and in my case assembly and disassembly more times than I wish to remember. I was lucky that the little tabs that hold the whole thing together did not break off at any point.