[Spridgets] Progress!

[crusaderchuck55 at aol.com]

Brake lights?First jump the switch and see if that works.  If that does it you need a new switch.Next , with the switch jumped ( still no lights coming on) use a test light or an ohm meter and see if you have power to the brake light wires in the trunk.  If you do have power and still no brake light ?   Run an external ground wire from something solid ( body sheet metal or from the ground wire in the rear harness ) to the lamp base assembly.   If this ground makes the brake lights come on , then it's a bad ground.   Also check the 2 bulbs!   I have chased down something like this only to find the bulbs element was burned out.   Another thought is try tightening the nuts that retain the lamp assembly to the body.  The stamped tin nuts have tiny little sharp teeth on the edges of the washer looking part of the nut.   They cut through body paint and create a ground through the 3 mounting studs.   From sitting the lamp assembly might have lost their ground?  Just some food for thought.   I just went through making parts from a bunch of difrent cars to put the Midget's rear lights together and function.   Another thought, check your rear harness ground to body.   It attaches around the rear plate inside the trunk.  That does effect reverse lamps and plate lights.  Let us know what does or does not work.ChuckSent from my LG Mobile------ Original message------From: Robert Weeks via SpridgetsDate: Thu, Apr 16, 2020 10:41 PMTo: Spridgets;Cc: Subject:[Spridgets] Progress!I wrote last year that my 18 year old son had taken on the task of getting my old 1970 Midget back on the road. He's done a ton of work on it, and today it moved under it's own power for the first time since i parked it probably back in 2011. This was a car I got from Frank C. after my long time daily driver 1969 Midget succumbed to rust. My son has got some more work to do, but this quarantine has given him a lot of time to work on it. We need to sort out the brake lights which aren't working before he can take it out on the road. We tried a switch from our donor car today but that did not fix the problem.Although he can't take out out on the road until that is sorted, we do live at the end of a long gravel driveway and here's a short video of him taking it for a short run down the drive today.https://www.instagram.com/p/B_DqULTpWju/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link I hope everyone is doing okay, staying healthy, and getting in some quality Spridget time during this quarantine.Take care, Robert WeeksBlack Moon Guitarshttps://blackmoonguitars.com/
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