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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 02:02 PM
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tail light wiring problem

hows it going everybody. i have a 74 ford f350 crewcab shortbed. and my tail light wiring is horrble. it seems the previous owner cut the harness halfway under the truck and installed a calterm trailer wiring harness. i has 4 wires. a red,white,green,brown. and mt tail light sockets have 3 a white red and black. now would anybody know where the wires go on the sockets? thanks
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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On the taillight socket I am pretty sure that the red is your turn signal, white is the ground and black is the running lights, although these don't sound like factory colors.
Are you trying to wire an after market plug or the actual tail lights for the truck?
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 07:19 PM
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i had a similar issue when i bought my 77. buy a test light and test them out. mine took a couple hours, and work fine now.
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 08:26 PM
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yeah im trying to wire up regular tail lights. but thanks for your help ill update tommorow
 
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Old Jul 25, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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Brown is Running and Tail-lights
Green is right hand T/S Brake
Yellow/Black is Left hand TS/Brake

Here is a schematic.

 

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