He Everyone!!

I finally got around to taking the camaro apart and getng some paint thrown on it. When I put it ack together, suddenly my brake lights didn't work anymore. The running lights works and the turn signals work, but when I push the pedal nothing happens. Then, when the car is turned off, I push the brake pedal and all the running lights come on including the dash lights and it beeps as if the lights were left on without the key.

Any suggestions? I double checked the bulbs to make sre a single filiment wasn't in the place of doube and so forth, but it was late last night and that is all the further I got into the diagnostic.

The car is a 87 z28...5 speed manual...electic hatch

Thanks!!

 

just thought I would add a couple picturs for fun haha...

 

Sounds like you're getting battery to ground. Did you re-wire anything?

 

I didn't rewire anything...I'm thinking that during the disassembly I must have pulled a wire unintentionally...I found 3 wires around the electronic hatch unit that are not connected...I don't know where they are supposed to go, or what they are supposed to do.

 

is there a wiring diagram online for the hatch area? I cannot find my chiltons and frankly am tired of looking for it haha

 

so I found out now after looking at it during the day time that I didn't hook up my third brake light...so now all blinkers and runn lights work, but the brake lights fail. and it still beeps and turns on the running lights when push the brakes without the car on. hahaha

 

same thing will happen if you put a single filament bulb in a dual filament socket at rear lamps.silly i know but i do this for a living....you'd be surprised whwt you find.love the color.

 

also due to bad connections bulb contacts and contacts inside socket can melt and fuse together good visual insp of rear lamps should solve your issue.

 

i know im being a pita but technically a bad ground to rear lamps may cause same issue.stiil going w/ bulb or socket though.

 

so I went through and checked the bulbs...I believe I have the single/dual filament part correct...as I was looking at the plugs I noticed a pretty large amount of gunk in the bottom of the plugs? Is this a contact enhancer or something? It looks like it was purposefully put there?