No Brake / Stop Lights?

[CindyandJohn]

For no real reason our bus decides to stop having brake lights... we were parked for a few days at the Dover Nascar race. After leaving and driving for an hour or so - We were waiting in line to get on the Cape May Ferry and someone let me know that my brake lights were out... no clue why. Any Ideas... all other lights are fine... red parking lights work... but not brake lights... no stop light on the dash either - I guess I should have noticed that but didn't... '89 Eagle 15

Thanks,
John

[Nick Badame Refrig/ACC]

Hi John,

Do you have an indicator light on the dash when you press the pedel?

It may be a bad relay if not.

Good Luck
Nick-

[Tenor]

Nick is thinking the same thing I am - if no lights and no tell-tale light, the brake light switch is probably bad or needs to have contacts cleaned.

Glenn

[luvrbus]

John, the stop light switch is under the electrical panel or behind the bumper and will be yellow wires on your bus if someone hasn't moved it

[CindyandJohn]

I found the culprit... I spent a bit of time playing and after removing the dash panel, the back of the switch was labeled #30 and was indeed yellow! I searched around in the relay panel and found the Parking and Brake relay. This wire was labelled #30 and yellow... I switched it with a relay from the front air blower and no difference. More tracing led me to go behind my house battery under the electrical panels and low and behold I found the number 30 yellow on the an air brake controller it was labeled "Park / Stop"... Here is a picture for everyone's future reference. It was the upper right item with the yellow and green wires. The issue was the silly stuff - the nut on #30 yellow wire came loose and the wire was not contacting enough to activate the switch. I tightened it up and lights are back in business... Future preventive maintenance will include lock washers and or some liquid lock-tight on these and some rust repairs on that mounting plate!!! It's an Eagle what can I say!

Thanks for all of your great input, without it I would still be searching.

John

[Dreamscape]

Really gald it was such a simple fix for you.

On our 01 Eagle we had a similar problem, only it was a broken wire that one of PO's had taped together, not a proper way to splice a wire for sure.

As far as rust goes, it'll make your Eagle lighter, therefore better MPG.

Don't ask me how I know this.

Paul