Lights out

I would start checking all of the frame ground points.

Good Luck! Jim Smith

Personally I'd lead to a bad switch or relay.

As someone else mentioned though... 'those damned earths!'

Wow, prompt responses! Yeah after posting I remembered newsgroup etiquette - search the backlog first (apologies - it's been a while since I newsgrouped). Found some of the same suggestions.

Thanks all - I'll check those grounds. Sounds like the switch is a pain so here's hoping it's not that.

With Brake Lights not working too, I don't think it will be a switch or relay.

Just my opinion! Jim Smith

Check the fuses in the power dist box under the hood as well as those behind the glovebox.

What about the signals and emergency flashers?

Mike

It won't be the light switch, the brake lights don't go through there. You've either lost the power going to those circuits or you've lost the ground return from them.

Do your parking and marker lights in front work? If they do you know you've got power going to the light switch. Headlight power also goes through the light switch but has a different power feed, so don't be mislead by that.

Or, all of your tail lamp filaments gave up in the same week. Pull `em and meter them to be sure. While you've got the housings apart check for continuity from the lamp sockets to ground.

Let us know how you make out.

DrMega wrote:

The tail lights and dash lights are the same circut, but the brake lights are not. I have had the same problem, I ended up replacing the fuse with a circut breaker I got at NAPA Auto, it looks just like a fuse but its a circut breaker that ossilates until it locks the circut closed. If your brake lights are also out its a grounding issue, I have also had that problem and had to take each light apart and clean all the connections, I even had to add a grounding strap to the headlights.....so far so good.

Emergency flashers work, but signals in back do not.

In answer to another post, I didn't check the fuses under the hood - on my way to do that now.

Please clarify.

The emergency flashers 'will' light up all 4 bulbs or not?

Mike