no brake lights.main servo has two spades

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no brake lights.main servo has two spades

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hi all.have managed to get all the lights working now apart from the brake lights.at the back of the main servo is a switch with two spade conections on it.there are no lose wires hanging under the dash.is there a link wire to the brake light switch from the servo.any ideas greatfully accepted as its doing my nut in

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Haven't checked the van, but looking at the Bently & Haynes:- Power for the brake lights goes through fuse 8 which should be 8A. From the fuse a red/yellow wire should go to the brake light switch. From the switch to a four pin connector behind the dash should be a red/black wire. That wire should go to the rear brake lights.
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Later fuseboxes is fuse 2, 10amp

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If fuse ok try connecting the 2 wirers together to see if it the switch.
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The brake light switches are on the master cylinder
Either two switches
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Or one switch
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You can't help but admire VW's expertise when it comes to shoving stuff in the most inaccessible places. A prostate is easier to get at (apparently)
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There not that bad to do once the instruments are removed especially with a stumpy spanner.
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