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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 11:55 PM
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Much to my dismay i was informed this morning that my brake lights are out. both of them. The third brake light on the T/A wing works. just not the main two. I verified this by jamming a baseball bat between the seat and brake pedal, so i could see that the third brake light was indeed the only one working. Also, the front right headlight motor, when turning the lights off, makes a buzzing/whirring noise like it keeps trying to close after it has already closed. Are these two problems related at all? They seem to have occured at nearly the same time. Any ideas as to whats going on with my electrics? What can i do to fix them myself for cheap, money is an issue lol. Thanks in advance.
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:34 AM
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you need to check your fuses if you have not already, then check to see if the bulbes are lose or dirty (possibly)and if none of that works then i would try and just replace both of the bulbes and see if that works. good luck!

hope that this helps
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 11:39 AM
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sounds like the gear for the headlight motor is stripped <img border="0" alt="[shoot]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> somebody posted a website were they sell brass gears not the plastic POS or you can do the flip thing <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
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Old Jan 23, 2003 | 03:54 PM
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Tried changing the bulbs, that was a no go. Still didn't work, so its electrical, i'm having a technician take a gander at it, see what he can do about it. Thanks
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