Re: Brake light on '94 164Q

["Daegrigg (Don)" <daegrigg@domain.elided>]

This applies to the 91-03 164.  Items to check:

1.  two brake pedal switches adjustment, closure
2.   Relay - located aft of the firewall near the blower
3.  Blubs for burn out - replace
4.  Bulbs for poor contact - clean with contact cleaner
5.  If 1-4 don't fix it,  try 1-4 again.  The car's electrics can be funky.

Don

----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Devaney" <ddevaney@domain.elided>
To: "Alfa Digest (E-mail)" <alfa-digest@domain.elided>
Cc: <glennwa@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 7:55 PM
Subject: RE: Brake light on '94 164Q


> Glenn Wasserman asked about rear brake lamps and the warning light.
>
> My problem on a 91 164L was that the right rear bulbs lit up for the turn
> signal, but not for the brakes.  I replaced bulbs 1157 with bulbs 2057 and
the
> bulbs now work properly.
>
> Good Luck!
> Dan in Honolulu
>
> From 164 Tech Notes--Electrical, Group 40:  "The cure for me was to put
the
> correct bulb in the brake light. I thought that all were the same but was
told
> that there is a difference and that the correct bulb was the 2057 not the
1157
> I was trying-something I learned in a truck stop. I was driving the thing
home
> from Minnesota and had been pulled over at least once and so stopped at a
> truck stop and bought the 1157. Still the same problem so the next one had
a
> choice of either the 2057 or 1157. Was told by attendant that newer cars
> needed the 2057. Problem solved. May be not your problem but a cheap thing
to
> check on."
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