no brake lights

[barthy00GT]

My buddy and I finished up his 1990 LX 5.0 last night. In finshing I mean the car got a new tranny, King Cobra clutch, plug wires, BBK intake, BBK long tube headers, BBK shorty H-pipe no cats, and flowmaster cat back. We finished it up when it was getting dark last night and were going over everything in the car to make sure nothing got messed up. Well the speedo isn't working which should be an easy fix, but the part that has us confused is the brake lights are not working. The fuse is fine and when you put on your night time driving lights everything lights up, but when you go to apply the brakes... nothing. What could this be? We need to break in the tranny and clutch, but we don't want to get pulled over in the process.

Thanks in advance

 

[HISSIN50]

First place to check is the brake light switch on the brake pedal's arm. It is easy to knock that loose or out of adjustment while doing all that other work.


Good luck.

 

[88gt]

What he said....^

 

[wht93gtEd]

First place to check is the brake light switch on the brake pedal's arm. It is easy to knock that loose or out of adjustment while doing all that other work.


Good luck.

I somehow kicked mine off the other day while I was driving. I'm not even sure how long it was unplugged but driving with no brakes & not knowing it, is no fun!

 

[HISSIN50]

I'm not even sure how long it was unplugged but driving with no brakes & not knowing it, is no fun!

Wow, normally the switch just controls brake lights. I have lost a couple of those switches myself - one of which was on a motorcycle If you see someone bearing down on your six, it might mean that you have no brake lights. Or it can mean there is an SUV behind you.

 

[wht93gtEd]

Wow, normally the switch just controls brake lights. I have lost a couple of those switches myself - one of which was on a motorcycle If you see someone bearing down on your six, it might mean that you have no brake lights. Or it can mean there is an SUV behind you.

I did it once before too, but my car was an auto so I couldn't shift it outta park...but now there's the 5-spd & oops! no lights!!

 

[SanDiegoJoel]

I also have a '90 LX 5.0 w/ no brake lights. How far up is the switch on the brake pedal arm?? Could this also cause the cruise control to not disengage when I hit the brakes??