Steering Column Repair: 79 chevy lighting, turn signal switch, fuse block

Question
QUESTION: i have no brake lights at all when you push the pedal, i have no turn signal light on the RR, the LR is extremely bright when i turn my marker lights on and will not dim down, when my marker lights are off i have LR turn signal. when i pull my head light switch RR is dim LR is very bright. i have no electrical signal for my brake lights and RR turn signal from fuse box. what do i do!!!!!!!

ANSWER: Hi Zandon:

Sorry about your problems.  
Diagnosing electrical problems over the internet is next to impossible, but I will tell you what I think.
Your LR tail light/ signal lamp has a bad bulb, socket, ground or broken wire.  It is only lighting the brake light filament rather than 2 filaments, that's why it is so bright.
You RR tail light / signal light sounds like it is working for the tail lights but not the signals or brake lights.  that could simply be a bulb or a socket as well, but could also be a broken wire anywhere in the truck from the steering column to the lamp.
Your brake lights are not working because as yo mentioned yo have no power feed from the fuse block.  that's where the power starts, so you need to find out why there is no power there...it could be a broken or corroded wire all the way back to the initial power source, the large terminal of the starter.

So with all that said, you will be probing your vehicles wire harness from the starter to the taillights under different circumstances to determine where the power starts and then stops.  this is why it's so hard to do over the net.

Good luck
Doug

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QUESTION: i got my marker lights and both my rear blinkers workin but i still dont have my hazards or my brake light. none of my fuses are blown or broken. what should i do now??????

Answer
That sounds like a bad turn signal switch.  both circuits go through the switch.  Just make sure you have current at the brake switch.  One side should be hot all the time (orange) and the other side should be hot when you step on the pedal (white).  That white wire goes to the turn signal switch and feeds the back lights