[pjmoreland]

The white wire for your brake lights runs from the connector on your brake switch (in the same connector as the orange (yellow) wire). It then runs through the harness to the "C" shaped connector that is dangling out of your steering column. The white wire is at one end of the column, right next to the light and dark green wires that come out of the column to feed your brake/turn signal lights. If you have power at the "C" shaped connector on that white wire when the brake pedal is pushed down, and your brake lights don't come on, I'm pretty sure your turn signal switch is worn out.

You might want to take a look at the brass contact plate inside the turn signal switch to see if all the little bumps are worn off of it. To gain access to the brass contact plate, you'll have to remove the screw that holds the turn signal lever in place, remove the two long thin leaf springs on the right that help center the switch when your turn signals are off. There are two annoying plastic latches that you have to flex out of the way. Then you should be able to pull the top half of the switch off. The brass contact plate will come off with it. I had a '69 that had all kinds of crazy problems with the lights because the brass contact plate was totally worn out and was shorting various circuits together inside the turn signal switch.


#4: There's a black wire coming out of the connector that plugs into the back of the gauge panel. If I remember correctly, the black wire is the ground path for the gauge panel lights. It is supposed to be clipped to the metal part of the dash. You might want to check to make sure the wire is clipped on. If it is clipped on, try wiggling it around a bit to help it bite in, especially if the back of the dash has been painted.