I cannot locate the problem with my lights. It is all on battery feed fuses 6 and 7. Anyway, I just want to bypass for now and run a fused hot wire directly from the battery for brake lights...if that's even possible. Could I run it to the power wire of the brake light switch? Any advice would be welcome. Thanks.

 

You need wiring diagrams for your specific vehicle, so you can trace those circuits, and find the REAL problem....... Get a FACTORY service manual, not chilton, not haynes, FACTORY. That will go a long way toward making your life easier.

 

You're right. I just ordered one off of Ebay. Thanks for the nudge.

 

Once you have one, you will wonder how you ever got along without it.

 

All the lights on the rear of my van started going out one at a time with bulbs good. I did what you were going to try. Wiring what worked on one side to what didn't on the other and the trailer connector for turn signals. I even had the factory manual but schematics looked confusing. Finally had to slow down and brush up on schematics, buy a meter and youtube some diagnostic techniques. Then found my simple bad ground problem but spent hours correcting the wiring I had all messed up. Should have posted because I would have followed the good advise you have.

 

My own quote above was before my headlights went out last night. They flickered on and off on high beam but I got home on low beam which seemed stable. I'm going to fix them properly but in the meantime will direct wire them with fuse and switch.
After they're fixed that switch is staying in place for good in case it ever happens again. And I'll do the same with every future vehicle I own.

 

The rear taillights need to be installed for the rear lights to work. They ground against the body when you tighten the screws for the lenses.
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