Brake light stuck on?

[12pilgrim]

Friends,

Why would my drivers side brake light be stuck on when I turn on running lights/headlights but brake light works fine without them on?
Bad ground? I unscrewed and sanded the screw to what looks like a ground from the taillights..

 

[Jesus Freak]

Id guess either the filiment is funky in the bulb, or the wire to the socket is comprised somehow.

 

[Kizer]

My bet: Your bulb is "upside down".
Remove it, rotate it 180* and reinstall it.

 

[Jesus Freak]

My bet: Your bulb is "upside down".
Remove it, rotate it 180* and reinstall it.

I'm skeptical, and ill tell you why: this is @12pilgrim we're dealing with and he's no stranger to brake light bulbs. There's no way he pulled it out, cleaned it, and reinstalled it wrong. I got too much faith in this "Pilgrims Progress".

 

[Kizer]

I'm skeptical, and ill tell you why: this is @12pilgrim we're dealing with and he's no stranger to brake light bulbs. There's no way he pulled it out, cleaned it, and reinstalled it wrong. I got too much faith in this "Pilgrims Progress".

10-4.
It's only my bet because I did it.

 

[KansasIDI]

I have also done this

 

[IDIBRONCO]

Funny. I didn't think that you can install an 1157 backward.

 

[Jesus Freak]

Funny. I didn't think that you can install an 1157 backward.

If you try really hard, it's possible.

 

[12pilgrim]

HAHA! 1157 bulb upside down!!! Wow. An easy and embarrassing fix. Thanks guys and sure hope I'm not kicked out of the cool truck club now.

 

[Kizer]

I'm skeptical,

Even a blind squirrel, man. Even a BLIND one.

 

[Kizer]

HAHA! 1157 bulb upside down!!! Wow. An easy and embarrassing fix. Thanks guys and sure hope I'm not kicked out of the cool truck club now.

I'm glad that you got it squared away.
I was embarrassed too... still have a cool truck or two.

 

[Jesus Freak]

HAHA! 1157 bulb upside down!!! Wow. An easy and embarrassing fix. Thanks guys and sure hope I'm not kicked out of the cool truck club now.

I'm glad that you got it squared away.
I was embarrassed too... still have a cool truck or two.

Definitely not out of the cool club. Glad you got it fixed and it wasn't a dramatic problem. And you know you had to fight it in there to make it upside down!

 

[Old Goat]

The 1157 Bulb, the 2 locating pins on it are off set, to go into the Socket. Don`t see how it could go any other way.


Goat

 

[Cubey]

I bought pedestal trailer lights with 1157s for towing my bug/better turn signals, and the two wires are soldered wrong on both lights vs how they're supposed to be based on the colors and wiring indicated on the packages.

 

[ttman4]

Don't use lights or brake lights!!
The Fix: Get one of those flashlites or headlites that strap on your head..... those kind that I despise immensely that go thru about 3-4 cycles..... bright, dim, dimmer, then start flashing red,...... Anyway when you get ready to stop turn head backwards, turn flashlite on, push button till flashing red, keep pointing head backwards..........

Will these instructions get me kicked out of the Cool Truck Forum? Or maybe I'll go stand in the corner for an hour or so.

No seriously, U get things fixed? And like @Cubey said & @Jesus Freak & others up there said, something turned round, floppy bulb filament, cross touching wires., something.

BTW, what rear bulbs these rigs use? I don't remember.