I was getting ready to leave town for camp and thought, get my car inspected and real quick like get the new tags. Until the inspector failed me for the 3rd brake light. So I hurried home, disassembled it and installed a dome lamp bulb (the type that looks like a fuse with thin wire hoop on each end). I soldered some wire to the ends and, using slide connectors, connected it to the wires that I cut from the ballast. I had to convince the inspector that I had removed the glass tube and installed a single bulb in the center. He said ok, after all it works. I still want to fix it right and I checked the forum because some time back I remembered seeing a repair posted. Besides, who wants to pay $160 or more to fix this. Thanks again for the excellent pics. Really helpful, be blessed!
One caution using LED's is they have max operating voltage and depending on the type this is between 2.5 volts to 3.9 volts (max I've seen) . The operating volt is between 2 & 3 volts respectively . So with that said without the mentioned resistors or running them in series to give the applicable total voltage across them . Running them at or close the max voltage greatly shortens the life .
