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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Electrical => Topic started by: thirsty on January 01, 2012, 12:24:49 pm

Title: Parking brake indicator
Post by: thirsty 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.
Thanks
Title: Re: Parking brake indicator
Post by: bake74 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.
Title: Re: Parking brake indicator
Post by: firefighter on January 01, 2012, 01:09:56 pm
Quote from: thirsty on January 01, 2012, 12:24:49 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.
Title: Re: Parking brake indicator
Post by: zieg85 on January 01, 2012, 01:21:41 pm
Quote from: firefighter on January 01, 2012, 01:09:56 pm
Quote from: thirsty on January 01, 2012, 12:24:49 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.

That is how it is on my 85-6 trucks
Title: Re: Parking brake indicator
Post by: thirsty 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.
Title: Re: Parking brake indicator
Post by: 1979C20 on January 03, 2012, 11:22:47 am
Quote from: firefighter on January 01, 2012, 01:09:56 pm
Quote from: thirsty on January 01, 2012, 12:24:49 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.

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