Reverse light switch problems
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Reverse light switch problems
The internals on my column came apart on my 71 F100. I decided to put a universal floor shifter on her. Well i forgot about the reverse light switch. That is until I got a rejection sticker yesterday. My question is how should i run a new switch and where? I don't have to worry about the neutral safety because i ran those wires to a hidden toggle as a kill switch. Oh...the tranny is a C-6. Thanks, Dougie D.
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Look where your original column switch wiring plugged in. Should be a four prong outlet. Two for neutral safety, two for reverse lights. I'm thinking the wiring is black/red stripe?(maybe, can't recall exactly right now) Take the two for reverse lights and either use a toggle or maybe the floor shifter has an optional back up light switch? Sometimes even shifter has neutral safety hook up too?
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i've isolated which wires are neutral safety and ran those to a kill switch under the dash for security. I've tested and found the other to are for back-up lights. The floor shifter did not come with a way to rerun this switch(universal shifter) so i planed on running the back-up lights to a toggle. My question now is if that will pass inspection in Louisiana. The sticker expires this month.
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Well, you could put a 'line lok" type button on the shifter and just push it to activate the lights? They would then not really realize they are not hooked upto actual shifter. Then you can put a regular toggle on it after it passes.
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Please don't misunderstand me but, that switch is the only thing keeping your truck from starting while in gear. You run a serious risk of hurting something or somebody without it. My '69 had a NSS jumpered instead of adjusted properly when I bought it and I almost ran over my neighbor one morning when I started it in reverse.
Just be careful with these things. They're there for a reason.
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Just be careful with these things. They're there for a reason.
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thanks for the concern b. the reason i put the switch in line instead of a butt splice is so i check the shifter before start. But you are right, before i put the switch in i almost ran my brother down by starting in drive.
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My 71 doesn't appear to have a backup light switch on its 4 spd manual, so I hooked the backup lights to a manual switch I mounted on the dash. It really freaks out the occasional person that trys to tailgate me when they see my backup lights come on at 65 mph.
