Middle light turns on but outside brakelights do not start. Help?
If the middle light works and the brake/tail lights don't try this:
You have a tail or brake light that doesn't work, but you replaced the bulb and no change. You'll have to troubleshoot, so buy a simple volt/ohm meter.
Be sure the power is off and no power on any of the socket pins. Then clean the light socket and connection pins with a stiff brush or steel wool.
First, measure all the light socket pins for power. If you don't see any voltage, must be a fuse out or a broken wire or you aren't getting a good solid ground reference.
Turn power off and make sure the socket ground is really ground by using the ohmmeter between the socket ground and a known good ground. If the ohmmeter reading is 1 or 2 ohms the socket is probably good. If the ohmmeter measures higher, then the ground connection is bad or ground wire is broken. Try to trace the ground wire, run your own wire if you have to.
Once the the socket ground measures ok, then you have to determine which hot pin is bad.
There are two hot pins, one for each filament, tail and stop light.
Pick one and measure the voltage referenced to the, now good, socket ground.
You should have power now, so try a bulb in the socket.
So the taillights work, but they don't get brighter when you push the pedal? What about the third brake light? If this is the case you need a new brake light switch, it is easy to change and is right on the stick that connects the brake pedal to the rest of the car. also I assume you know how to change a bulb and ruled that out.
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REMOVAL & INSTALLATION
Fig. 2: Lift off and remove the starter motor dust shield from beneath the vehicle
Fig. 3: Loosen the starter solenoid wiring terminal screws . . .
Fig. 4: . . . then label and disengage the wiring harnesses from the starter solenoid, carefully positioning them out of the way
Fig. 5: Loosen the lower starter motor mounting bolt . . .
Fig. 6: . . . then remove the bolt from the vehicle
Fig. 7: If accessibility is limited from below the vehicle, use the opening in the intake manifold support bracket to reach the upper starter bolt
Fig. 8: Remove the rear mounting bracket bolt, then remove the starter from the vehicle
Fig. 9: If the starter is to be replaced, remove the bracket from the old starter
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