Rear lamps, or brake lamps?
I have had this happen with brake lamps due to problems with the switch (not
on an MGA).
on 10/15/07 9:55 AM, Robert J. Guinness at guinness@stclegal.com wrote:
> I have a MGA 1600 whose rear lamps stay on after the car is turned off
> and the light switch is off.. It is both rear lamps (not the stop light
> or the turn signal). The front pilot lights do not stay on ( I believe
> they are on the same circuit as the rear lamps). When I disconnect the
> power cable from the battery (neg. on this pos. earth car) the lights go
> out. If I reconnect the battery power cable within 15 minutes or so the
> lights go on again. But if the battery power cable is disconnected for
> an hour or more, the rear lamps will not be on until I run the car for a
> while. Weird, isn't it? I might add that the fuel gauge seemed to go
> bad at about the same time. It read full constantly, but I cleaned off
> the connection at the sending unit and tightened it up. Now the fuel
> gauge stays at empty!
>
> Any insights you may have other than to replace the wiring harness
> (which I really should do anyway this winter) would be appreciated.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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