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|  ABS fault when third brake light removed | 
|  Mar 17 2015, 01:44 AM 
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| Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 84 Joined: 20-February 12 Member No.: 141,577  | 
				Hi, Just wondering if anybody has ever removed their third (high mount) brake light on a 94 Camaro and had to deal with the AB inop fault that occurs? I have been doing some reading online and apparently they integrated the high mount bulbs into the ABS circuit and if you remove the assembly or have a burned out bulb your ABS will stop working. Hats off to the genius who came up with this design! Any help would be appreciated, thanks. | 
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|  Mar 17 2015, 04:26 AM 
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| I build race cars      Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,748 Joined: 31-August 05 From: Central coast, CA Member No.: 874  | 
				I use a 1Kohm 1/2watt resistor (Radio Shack has them) - wire it across the 2 small wires that go directly to the lamp assembly.
				
				
				
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|  Mar 18 2015, 03:02 AM 
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| Member  Group: Advanced Members Posts: 84 Joined: 20-February 12 Member No.: 141,577  | 
				Thanks Alan.  I will give that a try when Radio Shack gets the resistor in.  Disregard the email I sent you the other day.  For future reference the connector/harness at the top of the hatch near the hinges only has two wires.  The larger one is for the rear window defrost and the smaller one is for the brake light power.  The brake light housing must be grounded to the hatch so I will have make up a new wire to go from the other side of the resistor and run it to ground.
				
				
				
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 ESP125   ABS fault when third brake light removed   Mar 17 2015, 01:44 AM
 ESP125   ABS fault when third brake light removed   Mar 17 2015, 01:44 AM 
  BumpaD_Z28   QUOTE (ESP125 @ Mar 16 2015, 07:44 PM) Hi...   Mar 17 2015, 02:26 AM
 BumpaD_Z28   QUOTE (ESP125 @ Mar 16 2015, 07:44 PM) Hi...   Mar 17 2015, 02:26 AM 
  ESP125   Any idea on what size resistor and how many watts ...   Mar 17 2015, 03:17 AM
 ESP125   Any idea on what size resistor and how many watts ...   Mar 17 2015, 03:17 AM
 
  ESP125   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Mar 16 2015, 11:26 PM)...   Mar 21 2015, 06:25 PM
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  Blainefab   QUOTE (ESP125 @ Mar 21 2015, 11:25 AM) QU...   Mar 22 2015, 12:42 AM
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  ESP125   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Mar 21 2015, 07:42 PM)...   Mar 22 2015, 01:14 AM
 ESP125   QUOTE (Blainefab @ Mar 21 2015, 07:42 PM)...   Mar 22 2015, 01:14 AM 
  Steve91T   What does the third brake light have to do with AB...   Mar 17 2015, 11:11 AM
 Steve91T   What does the third brake light have to do with AB...   Mar 17 2015, 11:11 AM|   | 
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