basto
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- Vehicle Year
- 1993
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- Ford
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- Manual
So I got a 93 Ranger and failed the state safety inspection due to a non-functioning parking brake light (among other things...). Basically the light doesn't come on when the parking brake is engaged while driving. The light seems to work and comes on during initial start-up (self-test I assume) and when the brake fluid is low (together with the RABS light). I checked the fuses and haven't found a blown one thus far.
I located the parking brake switch next to the parking brake pedal. Shouldn't the pedal touch the switch at some point? It doesn't... Also there don't seem to be any wires attached to the switch - that doesn't seem right. How is a switch supposed to work if not wired to anything?
I tried my Haynes manaul but the switch isn't in there. I personally don't care if it works or not, but I guess I have to fix it.
A pic of how this thing is supposed to look like when hooked up properly would be great. Any help greatly appreciated - gotta get it fixed in the next coupla days or pay someone a probably ridiculous amount of money to fix it for me..
I located the parking brake switch next to the parking brake pedal. Shouldn't the pedal touch the switch at some point? It doesn't... Also there don't seem to be any wires attached to the switch - that doesn't seem right. How is a switch supposed to work if not wired to anything?
I tried my Haynes manaul but the switch isn't in there. I personally don't care if it works or not, but I guess I have to fix it.
A pic of how this thing is supposed to look like when hooked up properly would be great. Any help greatly appreciated - gotta get it fixed in the next coupla days or pay someone a probably ridiculous amount of money to fix it for me..