This is driving me crazy.

Recap: No tail-lights, No brake-lights. But my blinkers work fine.

I've attached the wiring diagram. Refer to the Direction Signal Switch Connection block:

Power should come in on "7", "6" and "8" are power back out to the left and right brakelights.

I have 12V coming into "7" on the block (when I press the brake). When pressing the brake I get 12V across 7 & 6, and 7 & 8.

Thinking the problem might be somewhere in the blinker switch itself, I ran a jumper across 7 & 6, and 7 & 8, and pressed the brake. Still nothing. That's the part that stumps me. The blinkers work by 12V coming in on "2", and being routed back out to "6" or "8" (left of right blinker). I can't see why the brakelights would not come on when I apply 12V to 6 or 8 by jumping the 12V available on "7".

I'm assuming everything else in the wiring is OK because my blinkers work. The only real difference with the blinkers is power coming into "2" on the block instead of "7".

I must be fundamentally mis-understanding something here. Any ideas?