My taillights and license plate light are not working. My brake lights do, but no running lights. I checked the fuses in the fuse pannel and all is ok. any ideas?

Mine quit a couple years ago. It turned out to be the switch..

 

Since I was in the middle of a cross coutry trip, I wasn't really in a position to pull the steering wheel to replace the switch.

 

What I ended up doing was finding a switched 12v source and tapping into it (In my case, there was an extra or 2 in the center console from my auto to 5 speed conversion). I then ran a wire from there and tapped it into the tail light circuit under the passenger side door sill..Total operation took about 45 minutes.

 

It was supposed to be a temporary fix, but I drive around with my head lights and tail lights on all the time anyway.. so two years later, I haven't changed it:-p

I have a manual for an '88 model. If the wiring for your car is the same as mine I would check the parking light switch on the top of the steering column. Power for the lights goes through that switch even while the switch is off. You can also see if the lights turn on by moving that switch to the 'on' position. The 'on' position provides a different path for the light power. If the lights work then and not in the 'off' position you need to check the connections on the switch. Power is provided to it from the main light switch.

One question to help further diagnosis..

 

DO your front marker lights work?