Reverse lights still not working
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Reverse lights still not working
So the story on this truck is its a 75 jerry rigged high boy i bought off some hill billys down south.. im slowly restoring and modding the ol girl.
For the longest i have had my reverse lights hooked up to a toggle switch and i was wondering how i can get the reverse lights working right, i was told the issue can be in the column or a toggle switch on the C6..
I have replaced the column and internals so that's ruled out, what can be the problem? I'd like to get them working right, do you know anything subject?
your 2 cents are welcome..
For the longest i have had my reverse lights hooked up to a toggle switch and i was wondering how i can get the reverse lights working right, i was told the issue can be in the column or a toggle switch on the C6..
I have replaced the column and internals so that's ruled out, what can be the problem? I'd like to get them working right, do you know anything subject?
your 2 cents are welcome..
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I think the reverse light sw is on the column with the safety neutral on a 75? Its a small white sw bolted to the side of the column under the dash.
78/79 they were both moved to the xmsn, I think....
Hang in there someone, will chime in on this.
78/79 they were both moved to the xmsn, I think....
Hang in there someone, will chime in on this.
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The turn signal switch isn't in the equation Shane. What year column did you use when you replaced it?
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Ranger429 the column came from a 75
The neutral safety switch works the wiring seems untempered with in and under the dash, connections look good..
The neutral safety switch works the wiring seems untempered with in and under the dash, connections look good..
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Good thing you mentioned that i game the search a second chance on google this time and some folks were mentioning fuses.. and welp i found a blown fuse!!! im heading to pick n pull now haha
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one reverse light working
I now have one reverse light working i found a 77 2wd auto with the NSS in the bed of the truck i picked it up just to see if it was the existing NSS causing the problems. connected it up and put her in R and one light was lit!
my neighbor stopped by with some connection cleaner and called it a night.
thank for the help fellas..
my neighbor stopped by with some connection cleaner and called it a night.
thank for the help fellas..
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Yeah thats a problem in our trucks, Ford didnt believe in applying dielectric grease to connections, so expect to have to clean connections and allpy grease...Personally, i have no backup lights atm, since mine was mounted on the column in the engine compartement at the shifter linkage and since the 3 on the floor conversion, it has just been dangling there... Actually on the 79 that was stolen from me 
I had a bad backup switch and instead of paying the high cost of a new one, my broke self SAWED the switch open carefully, fixed the connections and resealed it
I readjusted the clearance to the thing that pushes the switch and it worked like a charm for years!
P.S Total cost was 1c....The penny i superglued to the shifter linkage where it touches the switch!!!!!!
I had a bad backup switch and instead of paying the high cost of a new one, my broke self SAWED the switch open carefully, fixed the connections and resealed it I readjusted the clearance to the thing that pushes the switch and it worked like a charm for years!P.S Total cost was 1c....The penny i superglued to the shifter linkage where it touches the switch!!!!!!
