Installing Cab Lights
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Installing Cab Lights
Hey I have an 85 f250 xl and have just bought a set of cab lights for it, and i dont know where to wire them. Being a sophomore in high school i cant exactly afford to have them installed.I have heard that there is a wire somewhere that the factory just capped off for ones without lights, although i dont know where it is at. If anybody has any idea where it is at and how to get to it I would appreciate hearing from you.
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If you take off the kick panel on the drivers side you will find a wire that goes to nothing, use a test light first then turn on your lights. If the test light comes on then thats the wire they used from the factory for factory cab lights. Since you will have all the trim around the top off all you need to do is run your wire down along your A-Pillar.
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Really thats odd. I was told by multiple people thats where they tapped into at the factory, on mine it gets juice when the lights come on. If you by chance can not find that wire hanging, you can tap into any wire that has power going to it when you turn on the headlights.
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Okay well i will try both panels and if I dont find it then i will just have to steal power from something else
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Cab lights should come on with the park lights.
Front park lights are fed drivers side through the firewall beside the fuse block.
Passenger side are fed through the bundle of wires that go under the heater and up on the inner fender.
Turn signals and headlights are fed the same way.
Behind the passenger side kick panel there are dome light wires to the switch, speaker wires, and cab light wires.
Drivers side has dimmer switch wires, door speaker wires and dome light switch wires.
The cab light circuit should be an unused two wire connector, one wire hot when the parking lights are on and one wire is ground.
Front park lights are fed drivers side through the firewall beside the fuse block.
Passenger side are fed through the bundle of wires that go under the heater and up on the inner fender.
Turn signals and headlights are fed the same way.
Behind the passenger side kick panel there are dome light wires to the switch, speaker wires, and cab light wires.
Drivers side has dimmer switch wires, door speaker wires and dome light switch wires.
The cab light circuit should be an unused two wire connector, one wire hot when the parking lights are on and one wire is ground.