dash, climate and brake lights stay on

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ok with the key out my dash, cluster and brake lights stay on. the battery is low so theyre dim but when i hook up the charger theyre bright as hell and the tail light housing gets VERY hot, like its getting ALOT of power from somewhere. just the passenger tail light lights up even though both are getting power. yes my grommet on the brake pedal is gone, i did the penny trick, its not the brake switch. You have to unplug the battery to get the lights to go off.


this is on my 89 coupe with a DOHC swap. (its not my dohc harness thats messed up because they stay on even though the ecu is unplugged,


heres some random pics of some wiring

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double postsadasdasdasd

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fuck it im going to pull the dash and see if naything got pinched when i put it in

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dash is fine

[HalveBlue]

After a quick scan of the FSM it seems like your Illumination Control Switch may be the culprit here.

According to the FSM, "Power supply routing for illumination lamps are the same as that of clearance, license, and LH tail lamp"

So that would explain why only one of your tail lights is being illuminated.

As far as where the ICS is located, I don't know.

It's worth checking out though.

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now i need to find that. maybe its talking about the stick with all the controls?