52cranbrook4 Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) Ok so I rewired my lighting system in my 1952 plymouth cranbrook. It came with factory turn signals but the steering wheel switch was broken. I ordered a new one and put it in. Ran all new wiring from front to back for lighting. Everything works perfect except when I press my brakes my front driver side signal marker comes on. I thought maybe it was a bad wire so that's why I redid all the lighting wires... anybody experience this before or may have a solution? My only thought is the actual switch that the wires go into is bad... what I replaced was the metal ring that the lever screws into... thanks again in advance Edited April 8, 2017 by 52cranbrook4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccarjack Posted April 8, 2017 Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 I have had unexplained things happen due to a bad ground. Once I installed a switch and somehow pinched a wire which has caused a similar result. Does it work fine if you unmount and pull the switch up out of place? I hope that your switch isn't defective.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52cranbrook4 Posted April 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2017 19 hours ago, classiccarjack said: I have had unexplained things happen due to a bad ground. Once I installed a switch and somehow pinched a wire which has caused a similar result. Does it work fine if you unmount and pull the switch up out of place? I hope that your switch isn't defective.... I'm starting to think I wired the actual switch backwards. Meaning front driver wired to rear driver and vice-versa... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccarjack Posted April 9, 2017 Report Share Posted April 9, 2017 3 hours ago, 52cranbrook4 said: I'm starting to think I wired the actual switch backwards. Meaning front driver wired to rear driver and vice-versa... I hope that your solution is correcting a simple mistake like this. Please let us know your findings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
52cranbrook4 Posted April 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 23 hours ago, classiccarjack said: I hope that your solution is correcting a simple mistake like this. Please let us know your findings. Sooo.... after about an hour and a half of checking all the wiring I broke down and took apart the wiring from the switch.... and yep I messed up. When color coding from the book I put one brown where a green should have been. And now she is good as new. Check brake and turn signals off the list! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classiccarjack Posted April 10, 2017 Report Share Posted April 10, 2017 28 minutes ago, 52cranbrook4 said: Sooo.... after about an hour and a half of checking all the wiring I broke down and took apart the wiring from the switch.... and yep I messed up. When color coding from the book I put one brown where a green should have been. And now she is good as new. Check brake and turn signals off the list! Yay! I bet you are sleeping good tonight! What a relief. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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