Pilot and tail lamp out

[snodog]

2002, 1150 Adv has just been and failed it's MOT on no tail or brake light.
Brought it home and fiddled about with the tail unit as I vaguely recall it doing that before. True enough, the bulb wasn't "sitting" true. However, the brake filament was duff, so replaced bulb.

Now I have brake light but no tail light and no front sidelight (which was working before). Fuse no 2 seems fine however my circuit tester doesn't show any power to the rear light unit nor at the fuse.

What can I check next?

 

[Flipfly]

Nippy normans for an LED one that will never break!!!!!

 

[(RIP) sherpa]

!!!

Nippy normans for an LED one that will never break!!!!!

That'll help if there isn't even a feed at the rear light unit won't it?

snodog,
Start with the simplest first - take out the fuse and check continuity - it may look OK and not be.
Whilst fuse is out switch ignition on and light switch on and check each pin of fuse HOLDER and see if 12V input to fuse is OK
If your bike has a light switch (later ones don't) check that its operating OK by switching it whilst observing fuse feed mentioned above.
Remove the headlight unit and see if there's 12V at the connector onto the pilot lamp (the spade connectors just pull off)
One will be the ground wire and the other 12V
If you have 12V at the front then check rear in same way.
HTH
sherpa

 

[Keith Chapman]

The tail light & brake run of 2 different fuses ( i think) My tail light blew and the filament shorted the brake filament and blew the fuse. took alittle while to figure it out. once I got it sorted I was straight on to Nippy for a led unit.

 

[snodog]

That'll help if there isn't even a feed at the rear light unit won't it?

snodog,
Start with the simplest first - take out the fuse and check continuity - it may look OK and not be.
Whilst fuse is out switch ignition on and light switch on and check each pin of fuse HOLDER and see if 12V input to fuse is OK
If your bike has a light switch (later ones don't) check that its operating OK by switching it whilst observing fuse feed mentioned above.
Remove the headlight unit and see if there's 12V at the connector onto the pilot lamp (the spade connectors just pull off)
One will be the ground wire and the other 12V
If you have 12V at the front then check rear in same way.
HTH
sherpa

Thanks guys
I've changed fuses so am "happy" that it's not that.

Light switch works - I still have main beam and my NN Xenon dip.

Problem seems to be no power feed into pin holder for the fuse. I've checked the fuse next to it, power in at rearmost pin and not in fowrad one - so I'm assuming that's what the fuse does, moves the power from pin one to pin 2 and then onto whereever.
There is no power at rear pin of Fuse for tail/side light.

But there was before I changed the bulbs - that's all I've done........

 

[snodog]

Fixed.

Undid lightswitch screw and gave it a "shoogle".
Everything is worling as it should......

thanks Sherpa for your help.