Need a little bit of wiring assistance
When I pull the light switch out, I get headlights, but no tail lights or dash lights. If I turn the knob, the dome doesn't come on either. If I press the brakes, the brake lights come on, passenger side dimmer though. If I put it into reverse, no back up lights.
Power for headlights comes direct from the main splice. Its marked terminal B1 on the headlight switch. In the switch is a circuit breaker.
Power for the tail and parking (and instrument?) lights comes from the fuse box and is marked B2 on the headlight switch.
There's another fuse for instrument and lights after the headlight switch.
On the 60s cars, the fuse for stop light and dome is the same as the tail and parking lights.
Your fuse box is labeled. Also should be a picture of it in the operators manual if you have one.
So check that. If they share it, then its not the fuse since the brake lights work. But if not, that's what the rest has in common.
Before I take the dash apart, would a lose ground wire in the trunk be causing all of this? I'm looking for the ground on the tail light assembly, but can't find hour it. It has to be there somewhere....
Ground connections for the tail - look underneath. Probably one on each side. Probably shares the connection with the reverse and side markers.
Uneven brightness could be grounds.
Also could be a loose bulb in socket and other such things. How does that happen. Don't know, but occassionally it does.,
Also look along the insulation for any place it may have rubbed through causing a short to ground.
