clearance lights type and spacing
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The "fish" wire mentioned earlier is best inserted from the bottom and run UP thru the A-pillar. While your at it, I'd run an extra wire for an extra dome/courtesy light or ?? at a later date. I added reading lights in the back of my SC that way.
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How would it be any different than putting lights on a roll bar? I know you wouldn't use them for highway driving, just off road.
Here's a link to some clear ones, but still not spots or floods.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...&categoryid=26
Here's a link to some clear ones, but still not spots or floods.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...&categoryid=26
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Originally Posted by Carny
How would it be any different than putting lights on a roll bar? I know you wouldn't use them for highway driving, just off road.
Here's a link to some clear ones, but still not spots or floods.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...&categoryid=26
Here's a link to some clear ones, but still not spots or floods.
http://www.stylintrucks.com/parts.as...&categoryid=26
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Can you elaborate on where the clearance lights plug in exactly? I can't find an empty connector behind there, except for one that has a green and red/green wire and neither wire is ground or parking light hot. The brown courtesy light connector you're talking about here has dome light hot and constant 12V for the cargo light, doesn't it? That's what my dome/cargo light harness plugs into. Neither one of those are parking light hot. The wires on the clearance lights are brown and black and Ford usually carries colors through. ?????????????
Originally Posted by Mil1ion
Just use a piece of coat hangar or similiar wire as a snake/snare.
The factory plug on the roof lights wiring harness plugs into the brown connector behind the cluster.
The factory plug on the roof lights wiring harness plugs into the brown connector behind the cluster.
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How many pins are in it? How many other wires?
Originally Posted by Mil1ion
It connects to female bullet connector which runs to the Blue/red wire connector (courtesy light)
I think it is brown.
I think it is brown.
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You only need to connect to 1 hot wire that comes on with the running/courtesy lights. Most running lights are grounded at 1 of the mounting points on the cab. Blue/red = dash lights + brown = running/side marker lights.
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Yeah, I found it. Female bullet connector with two brown wires. It was hiding down below the wiper switch. Got it hooked up and it works! After consulting my manual wiring diagram I saw that they ground on the left side of the roof and only the hot wire goes down the windshield pillar.
Thanks to all that helped!
Thanks to all that helped!
Originally Posted by George Frasier
You only need to connect to 1 hot wire that comes on with the running/courtesy lights. Most running lights are grounded at 1 of the mounting points on the cab. Blue/red = dash lights + brown = running/side marker lights.
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Okay here is a new illustration of the 78/79 behind the dash wiring.
Note the 15A404 connector.
I think that is for roof lights.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...DashWiring.jpg
Note the 15A404 connector.
I think that is for roof lights.
http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...DashWiring.jpg
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