[Autox] Brake Lights

[Larry Steckel]

Guys,

Thanks to everyone who responded. I appreciate your help. I will admit that
when I had to send my brother on his way yesterday without brake lights I
wasn't happy.  A severe blow to my reputation and all that.



When my wife and I got home from church this morning, I had a phone message
from my brother. He decided that he didn't want to get a ticket for not having
brake lights so he took his Explorer into a Pep Boys. (Not my first
choice--but Oh well).



After he told them all that we  had done, the mechanic did a few continuity
checks and found (get this) the prongs on the fuse block had been bent and
were not making contact with the fuse. Therefore no lights.  He crimped the
prongs, re-inserted the fuse and everything works.



I am happy that the damn thing is fixed, but I think I am more confused than
ever.  I had to tug with the tweezers to get that fuse out to check it. It
looked like it hadn't been disturbed since the truck had been built. And those
mini fuses all have rails on the sides of the body and channels in the fuse
block, the fuse has to be indexed or it can't be pushed home.   So how in
blazes do prongs that haven't been touched since my brother bought the
Explorer get bent yet work all this time and decided to pack it in without
every being boggered with?  I don't understand that one at all.



Larry Steckel