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Re: My brake back lights are on?
"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:55:55 -0500, "Ray O"
> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
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>>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>>news:9mcp92hjhmdr64kahe71mq8fbn0hvgeegh@4ax.com...[color=darkred]
>>> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 22:16:24 -0500, "Ray O"
>>> <rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>"Scott in Florida" <askifyouwant@mindspring.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:12to92la6rhkvohk09htc1qt18kecchrrj@4ax.com...
>>>>> On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:34:37 GMT, "duckiegirl" <u23378@uwe> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>My brake back lights are still on when i turned off the car and the
>>>>>>igintion,
>>>>>>i dunno why but yesterday i moved my car and then i turn around and
>>>>>>saw
>>>>>>my
>>>>>>brake back lights are on, its been on evey since last night, until i
>>>>>>pulled
>>>>>>out the plug in the back trunk, so it wont kill my battery. I need
>>>>>>help
>>>>>>if
>>>>>>anyone has any clue or similar cases liek this please message me back
>>>>>>thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>><3 girl
>>>>>
>>>>> I believe the problem is a plastic spacer on the brake light switch.
>>>>>
>>>>> Same thing happened to my '92 Corolla Wagon. I pulled into the Toy
>>>>> dealer and the service writer got the part and installed it at no
>>>>> charge.
>>>>>
>>>>> The spacer (if that is the right term) is located on the brake pedal
>>>>> almost out of sight connecting the pedal to the brake light switch.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sure one of the MDTs will get on here and correct my nomenclature.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>It's called a "round donut-looking thingamabobber"
>>>
>>> LOL....
>>>
>>> That's it.
>>>
>>> Matter of fact the guy at the dealership showed me the broken
>>> donut on the floor...LOL[/color]
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>>BTW, if I had to guess, "spacer" is what you would find in the parts
>>catalog.[/color]
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> Well the parts guy said .... 'we don't have the part in stock' and
> the writer said BS under his breath and went back in the back and
> found one.
>
> That service writer has since moved to the mountains of Tennessee. I
> miss that kind of competence...
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Yup, good help is hard to find!
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Ray O
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