Lighting question
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Lighting question
This is going to sound really dumb...
My f-150 came with basically all of the front bulbs shattered or missing except the headlights, so I'm trying to figure out which bulb goes where on the front, and which connector goes in which slot on the front.
so, on both sides, there is a bulb connector with a brown wire and a black wire, Chilton says these are the "marker lights" I can tell they are the outside bulbs from the fact that that's the only place they'll fit, but I can't tell whether they go on the top (clear) housing or the bottom (amber) housing.
Each side also has a connector that has a white striped wire (blue on one side, green on the other) Chilton says these are turn signal bulbs. again, it fits in either the clear/top or amber/lower outside slot.
the book at OReilly showed a 916NA for front indicators and 194 bulbs for the front markers, but Sylvanias website lists the 194 for the markers and 3157 (same as the parking light, clearly will not fit here) for the signals. obviously, an amber bulb (if it exists) would go in the clear housing.
Anybody care to go take a peak under their hood for me and see which color goes where, and whether the bulb in the clear/upper housing is amber?
TIA
My f-150 came with basically all of the front bulbs shattered or missing except the headlights, so I'm trying to figure out which bulb goes where on the front, and which connector goes in which slot on the front.
so, on both sides, there is a bulb connector with a brown wire and a black wire, Chilton says these are the "marker lights" I can tell they are the outside bulbs from the fact that that's the only place they'll fit, but I can't tell whether they go on the top (clear) housing or the bottom (amber) housing.
Each side also has a connector that has a white striped wire (blue on one side, green on the other) Chilton says these are turn signal bulbs. again, it fits in either the clear/top or amber/lower outside slot.
the book at OReilly showed a 916NA for front indicators and 194 bulbs for the front markers, but Sylvanias website lists the 194 for the markers and 3157 (same as the parking light, clearly will not fit here) for the signals. obviously, an amber bulb (if it exists) would go in the clear housing.
Anybody care to go take a peak under their hood for me and see which color goes where, and whether the bulb in the clear/upper housing is amber?
TIA
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As shown above, #10 which is a 194NA (amber) goes in the top clear lamp. The #7 is a 916 (clear) and goes in the Amber lamp below the clear lamp. The #8 is a 3157 (clear) and goes in the turn/park lamp.
Note: "NA" bulbs have amber glass ie. 194NA or 3157NA, "A" bulbs are just clear bulbs painted amber ie. 194A or 3157A. The amber paint tends to flake off after a while.
It also shows the proper harness routing through the header panel.
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EXACTLY what I needed. thank you!
EDIT:
One piece of information still missing - which harness goes with which bulb? or, which one is supposed to blink, the bulb in the clear housing or the bulb in the amber housing? The entire front end has been on and off before many times, and I'm afraid they may have gotten mixed up.
second edit:
just installed as-is (brown wire on top, white striped below) neither bulb flashes, so I'm calling it good
EDIT:
One piece of information still missing - which harness goes with which bulb? or, which one is supposed to blink, the bulb in the clear housing or the bulb in the amber housing? The entire front end has been on and off before many times, and I'm afraid they may have gotten mixed up.
second edit:
just installed as-is (brown wire on top, white striped below) neither bulb flashes, so I'm calling it good
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