[Spridgets] Electrical Problem

[dlancer7676 at comcast.net]

Hey guys!  Hope everyone is doing well and your Spridgets are running great!

My '79 has a problem that I have tinkered with for months but have never cracked the nut.  It is a problem also that keeps the car off the road:  no brake lights and no signal lights.   The headlights and taillights work just fine.

I have spent a lot of time on my knees pulling and reconnecting and soldering the wires in the boot, hoping to find that one disconnect that might be causing this malady.  Just before I noticed the problem, I had replaced the engine after rebuilding the tranny, if that is a clue.  I also found a 4-way connector that has 3 black wires and 1 RED wire running into it, but I don't think that is the problem.  I think that is the product of a ham-fisted previous owner who had a piece of red wire instead of black.  It runs into the harness (homemade--not mine) so I don't know yet where it goes.

Any ideas?   Is there a progression I should be going through to find the problem?  Thanks for any input.

--David C.
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