mk1 golf brake wiring

Hi all I have a mk1 golf c 1984 and I'm struggling to get the brake lights to work I have no switched live going to the red and yellow wire from the board and in turn no power to the brake light on the red/black.




I checked the fuses they are all fine and number 2 is getting power 12v.

I ran a live to the live to check the wiring and the lights work with direct feed.


What's the best way of sorting this ?
Thanks in advance.

So before the Brake light switch you have no 12V+

Then I would suspect a Fuse,  or a broken wire to the Brake Light Switch.

If the Fuse has 12V both sides then there is a wire break between the back of the Fuse box to the Switch.

You could run a 12V switched line (with a in-line fuse holder) to the brake switch, and just be done with it.

I personally prefer to have my brake lights on a un-switched 12V+ as that way if I am Pushing the car, or whatever I have rear brake lights to let the folks know that I am braking.

Kindof like I prefer to have the horns on a "Unswitched" circuit so I can Honk whenever I feel like it.

Cheers for reply I'll run a new switched live and inline fuse.