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## <center>Trust me, I am *not* a mechanic!</center>

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There may be a few things that I know about vehicles. *Usually*, I can tell if a vehicle is a car, truck, or van. Also, I can tell what color they are most of the time. However, that is about all that I really know about vehicles. These days, as I try to save money and be more self-sufficient, I'm trying to learn and apply. Here is my recent attempt to fix an issue that I was having.

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# <center>MY PROBLEM</center>
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My recent issue with my vehicle is that my brake lights went out. Thankfully, the brakes still worked, but no warning lights would come on. This can be dangerous, so I got right to work.

https://i.imgur.com/FFtg1rR.jpg

Under the dash is a whole mess of wires. Honestly, I have no real idea what I am looking at under there. I can see a lot of pretty colors, and they almost look like little snakes, but, other than that, I'm pretty much clueless.

https://i.imgur.com/0HwUTfd.jpg

I wasn't about to let my ignorance stop me, so I got right down there and started messing with things. As it turns out, when you press the brake pedal, not only does it engage the brakes, it also presses a brake light switch that sends a signal to the brake lights. 

https://i.imgur.com/KCYeYMx.jpg

I bought a new on and began to figure out how to take the old one out. It took some effort, but eventually I got it and we were on to the next step.

https://i.imgur.com/yiqJrZp.jpg

Hooking the new one up was basically the same process as unhooking the last one, I just had to do it  backwards... but, this did not solve the problem. Actually, I only ended up swapping a good switch for another good switch.



https://i.imgur.com/9qd6eqf.jpg

## <center>Plan B?</center>

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Since that did not solve my problem, I needed to figure out something else to try. Having used electricity before, I knew that light bulbs could burn out. Since the brake *lights* had *light* bulbs, I thought that maybe they both burned out. The problem was that the bulbs were hidden by a plastic cover that almost acted like a *force field* to protect the bulbs and obstruct my vision. 

https://i.imgur.com/wfug3UL.jpg

A direct path seemed like the best one to take, so I busted out the cover. Unfortunately, this did not solve my problem either, since I could now see that all of the bulbs were still good. However, not wanting to risk anything, I replaced them anyway. 

https://i.imgur.com/KXMRQOe.jpg

I also had to replace the cover, since the last one got broken somehow. *wink!* As a last resort, I checked the fuse box. Sure enough, the fuse was blown, and I had to replace that too!

As I said earlier, I an *not* a mechanic, *but* I think I figured out how some auto shops make so much money! Does anyone out there need some work done on their vehicle? If so, I can work for STEEM, but we may have to replace a few parts and it could take hours to "*diagnose*" the problem.


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## As always, I'm @papa-pepper and *here's the proof:*
https://i.imgur.com/eX3U8Q3.jpg
proof-i-am-not-a-mechanic

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