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Offline thirsty

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Parking brake indicator
« on: January 01, 2012, 12:24:49 PM »
After years of my wiring harness and cluster being in storage I seem to be missing the indicator light for the parking brake. My question is am I missing just a regular indicator lamp like the others on the cluster or am I missing a wire that has the lamp attached to it? Maybe it wasn't there way back when but I would like to have it now.
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Re: Parking brake indicator
« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2012, 12:47:22 PM »
     I wish I knew the answer to your question, but I do not.  I just wanted to say I can appreciate what you are going through, My 74 has been apart for a year and it looks like it will take me another year to get it put back together the way I am going.  So I am going to run into the same things more than likely.
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Re: Parking brake indicator
« Reply #2 on: January 01, 2012, 01:09:56 PM »
My question is am I missing just a regular indicator lamp like the others on the cluster or am I missing a wire that has the lamp attached to it?
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Mine has a regular socket in that place which leads me to believe the BRAKE light is powered by the printed circuit card and NOT by an extra wire.

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Re: Parking brake indicator
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2012, 01:21:41 PM »
My question is am I missing just a regular indicator lamp like the others on the cluster or am I missing a wire that has the lamp attached to it?
Thanks

Mine has a regular socket in that place which leads me to believe the BRAKE light is powered by the printed circuit card and NOT by an extra wire.

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Re: Parking brake indicator
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2012, 02:01:07 PM »
Thanks guys!
I was hoping for that answer so I could just put another socket in out of a different cluster that also had no brake light socket either, that's what got me wondering about missing a wire. I even looked at the harness I had installed already thinking I might have tucked it behind without noticing it.
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Re: Parking brake indicator
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2012, 11:22:47 AM »
My question is am I missing just a regular indicator lamp like the others on the cluster or am I missing a wire that has the lamp attached to it?
Thanks

Mine has a regular socket in that place which leads me to believe the BRAKE light is powered by the printed circuit card and NOT by an extra wire.

X's 2. Its just a twist in bulb powered by the printed circuit, on my 79 and by brothers 77.
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