[Zmagnette] Brake light switch

[Steve Hanegan]

Is this the first time you have powered up the harness? If so, you may have the same problem I had when I first hooked up the harness in Ian's car. There are two wires that go to the brake light switch: a (17) green and a (22) green with purple. The factory also saw fit to use a (22) green with purple to power the heater motor switch. Both of these wires come together rather close together in the under dash harness roughly behind the fuel gauge. There are three (22) green/purple circuits that come off of the A4 terminal on the fuse block: 1) goes to a double connector that feeds the heater motor switch then the B terminal of the petrol and the water temp gauge, 2) feeds the stop lamp switch then the reverse lamp switch and 3) feeds power to the turn signal switch (up the famous stator tube) and through another double connector feeds the turn signal flasher.

I found that I had #1 and #2 switched - once I figured this out it took about 1 minute to set things right...

Steve H.


On Jan 6, 2014, at 2:06 PM, "Paul Barrow" <paul.barrow at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Probably a bad switch – check the continuity across the terminals.
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> Paul
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> From: zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:zmagnette-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Rodger Shaver
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> I have not put fluid in my brake hydraulics yet.  When I turn on the key the rear brake lights come on, this happened both before and now, after, I put in a new wiring harness.  Is my brake switch bad?  Is the brake light switch the same as on an MGA? 
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