Alright, for those of you who have electronic troubleshooting manuals for these cars, I have a question. I am trying to diagnose an electrical issue that I seem to have created myself this weekend. I bought a new CB recently and the rains this weekend revealed the common trunk leak through the taillight gaskets. I replaced them with the outer tail lights from my other coupe because it has gaskets I made from a yoga mat to eliminate the leaking and I got the "BRAKE LAMP" warning light on the dash. All lights are working including the high-mount brake on the rear deck.
My question is in regard to the actual diagnostic procedure, not so much to help me with this particular issue. The factory Helms manual says that the first item to check based on the variables of this scenario would be the brake light switch on the pedal. That hasn't been changed at all and it was working without error 5 minutes before swapping the tail lights, so that's unlikely. The next thing it tells me to change is the gauge cluster. The same logic tells me that the cluster is likely not the problem as it, too, was fully functional immediately before swapping out the tail lights. I've gone back and forth between all tail lights and they all seem to work fine out back, yet give the warning light on the dash. The only issue was the gaskets.
How does the Electronic Troubleshooting Manual approach this same scenario? Does it involve any more steps? If so, I'll probably buy one. I just don't want to buy something that my manual already covers, even if it is fairly inconclusive.
My question is in regard to the actual diagnostic procedure, not so much to help me with this particular issue. The factory Helms manual says that the first item to check based on the variables of this scenario would be the brake light switch on the pedal. That hasn't been changed at all and it was working without error 5 minutes before swapping the tail lights, so that's unlikely. The next thing it tells me to change is the gauge cluster. The same logic tells me that the cluster is likely not the problem as it, too, was fully functional immediately before swapping out the tail lights. I've gone back and forth between all tail lights and they all seem to work fine out back, yet give the warning light on the dash. The only issue was the gaskets.
How does the Electronic Troubleshooting Manual approach this same scenario? Does it involve any more steps? If so, I'll probably buy one. I just don't want to buy something that my manual already covers, even if it is fairly inconclusive.
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