Reverse light switch
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Reverse light switch
Cuz its crappy and raining outside, I don't feel like laying on the ground. Does someone have a picture of the back up light switch? Want to wire in some additional back up lights, but, dont know what triggers them.
Laughing Gas
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If you have a manual trans, there is a switch on driver's side of transmission with 2 wires.
One is power coming in, and the other is hot to rear backup lights.
All you need to do, I think, would be trace power light back from reverse/ tail light area and splice in your additionals near rear bumper.
One is power coming in, and the other is hot to rear backup lights.
All you need to do, I think, would be trace power light back from reverse/ tail light area and splice in your additionals near rear bumper.
Tuned
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You might get away with tapping them right into the wires for the stock reverse lights, assuming the circuit can handle the additional current. When I installed aux backup lights on my daily, I went whole-hog with a relay and fused power feed, triggered off the wiring from the range sensor on the slushbox (with an off switch for when I'm parking and don't want to blind somebody). This is probably overkill for the cheap LED pods I used, but I didn't know what the factory circuit could handle, and didn't want to find out the expensive way. Having them on their own fuse also means I won't lose anything else if they short out.
Aux reverse lights are completely worth the hassle BTW. I miss mine whenever I back up a truck without them.
Aux reverse lights are completely worth the hassle BTW. I miss mine whenever I back up a truck without them.
Laughing Gas
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From: San Diego
I had a brand new front clearance marker assembly from Ford mounted on the rear of my 1984 Nissan King cab.
I had a switch on the dash to activate it.
That way it only came on when I really needed it to.
I had a switch on the dash to activate it.
That way it only came on when I really needed it to.
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