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That exhaust, plus my 74! Yes! What a birthday gift that would be!

So I woke up and this happened. Nothing changed, by the way.

Is not touching any of the hot wires. I'm blowing a fuse when the lead from the brake light is connected to my brake switch. If there was a short, would my taillight fuse blow as well? Also, grounding to the retaining screw would still ground the whole taillight /license plate fixture?

I don't think it's necessary.

Haven't tried the bulb out/in test. What would that solve so I know what to look for? Also, the wires do not stick out from the bottom of the, uh, plastic tips. They are very well isolated. It's definitely a grounding problem.

I have my fixture apart. I will check that tomorrow. I'm thinking my ground wire is grounding the socket fixture. Which is what it's supposed to do. But that is grounding the bulb socket to the socket holder. Then that is grounding to the plate fixture, which is grounding to the frame. Haha. I...

This is frustrating. But I won't buy another brake light fixture. And btw, thank you all for your help!

Mine is three wires. The two, in your picture, would be my high and low beam. My ground wire is soldered to the brass ring at the base of the socket. I added a photo of the order of pieces.

On the bottom side of the bulb holder, the lead cables are shielded in a plastic fitting from touching the spring. I couldn't get a picture of that. On this light, red and black are hot, yellow is ground.

I had to take apart the socket to resolder the ground wire. That was on a copper washer. On top of that is the spring. Then the bulb connection with the pig tails. I don't remember a fiber isolator though. When I put one lead on the fixture and the other on the frame, I get the continuity buzz.

So since I figured out that the light fixture is grounded to the frame, why is it blowing the fuse instead of just lighting up the brake light? OH... and I know the fixture is grounded because I checked with my multi meter. Also, I just connected the hot wire and not the ground wire. Still...

So I checked for continuity from the brake switch. It's definitely working properly. But you are right, the actual brake light fixture is grounding out at the frame. So I need to figure out how to shield the actual plate/brake-light fixture from grounding out. Plastic screws? I don't know.

Dang, I'm a little lost. Ok. I'll get to it when I get home in a bit. Thanks!

Let me dumb this down for me.... You're telling me to disconnect the lead to the switch from the fuse box and check that one strip? If I get a buzz, then I check from the switch to the light? And then the actual switch? Am I moving in the right direction?

That was exactly my problem at first. It has three colors. Red, black, and yellow. Simple thinking would say black is ground, red is running, and yellow is bright. But it isn't. Yellow is my ground. Red is running. Black is bright. In the video, I have the ground and running light connected...

Reviving this post. I'm having brake light wiring problems. I have my running light working. Out of my tail light, I have three wires. Yellow, Black, and Red. Bulb is also dual filament. I did a drawing of what I have wired for the light. My problem is the brake light. When I turn the key on, it...