THE SUN...I thought I would never see it again.
A lot of dust on my Z-Top...and the 3rd brake light wiring was not connected!
Jeeez, why do I always keep myself busy with additional, unecessary work
Now everything is working again, even the "new" 981 brake lights.
They are bright...and the task is to make them work on the upper rear window...challenge accepted.
now the provided cheapy eBay ones can go...