Puma high mounted brake light

[dmdigital]

Well the Puma has gone and lost the high mounted stop light and so I've been having a look at what to do to fix it. I could find a few other threads on here about it but no simple solutions.

First off I found two faults. One was a break in the tracks on the glass but the second one was the fact one of the terminal posts near the light had shaken itself lose and wasn't really soldered on anymore.

I know broken tracks can be fixed with a special paint so I guess I can resolve that issue and I can solder back on the terminal but then will it happen again?

From searching the www it doesn't appear anyone has found a solution short of replacing the glass. My first thought is to run a black insulated wire held in against the window rubber by a thin bead of black sealant and to run it from the terminals on each side at the base of the window up to the light. I'd also replace the light with an LED to reduce current load so I can use a finer gauge wire. This would be almost invisible and mimic what was there in a more reliable form.

So has anybody else done something other than replace the rear window?

What are your thoughts? Apart from the obvious one of "which idiot designed this"!




P.S. - Pedro hopefully this may lead to another thread in "the good oil"

[Tomo]

I had the same problem today with mine.

I was a break in the circuit near the positive terminal post.

I (actually Danlandyman) fixed it by running another wire around the the window rubber and connecting it directly to the light socket. We also needed to do the same to the earth terminal to get it to work again. I got a large screwdriver and tucked the wiring behind the rubber seal, you can hardly see that the wire is there. I will try and post up some photos tomorrow.

We used standard size wiring found in the rest of the loom, 3mm?
I don't think it is worth going to a very fine gauge wire as it is quite easy to tuck the standard gauge wire size under the rear window seal.

I agree, it is a stupid system in the 1st place............

[dmdigital]

Didn't think I'd be able to push it behind the rubber. I'll have a further look today. In my case it's the earth side that has the break and the broken soldering, but I'll do the other side as well and fix it for good.

[Tomo]

Hi DMDigital,

Photos attached.
Definitely recommend fixing both sides, I fixed the positive side 1st and the light still did not work.

We made a common earth point for the demister and the high mount stop light.

Hope these help........

[dmdigital]

Thanks heaps for that. Good idea making the common earth.