4ks brake and reverse lights cut out

[Richard J. Andrews]

sounds like the wires in the trunk lid........
these break over the years from the flexing of opening and closing..

HTH!
rich
'86 4kq
At 02:51 PM 5/26/01, you wrote:
>Just got pulled over last night for having no brake lights.  After getting 
>off
>with a warning, I pulled into the next parking lot to check out the situation.
>  Not only were my brake lights inoperative, my backup lights were out as
>well...  The fuse looked OK, but I replaced it on the spot anyway, but still
>nothing.  Drove home and checked the bulbs, and all four in question worked
>fine, but didn't want to get into it too much because it was getting late.  I
>was wondering if anyone has a good idea where to start, so that I don't spend
>my entire weekend poking around in my car instead of driving it.
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>Matt Nicksic
>82 4ks