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| Author: | 65valiant310 [ Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | 65 backup light questions |
65 valiant is a 100 model, so it didnt come with the backup light bulbs/wiring...yet I see the wiring there ready to go..near the stop light wiring anyone know what is needed to make both backup lights work? Is it as simple as hooking up a bulb/housing inside the backup light and connecting to the little connectors? thanks! |
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| Author: | emsvitil [ Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:08 am ] |
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My 64 V100 has backup lights........... connect a light bulb up and see what happens. |
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| Author: | phogroian [ Fri Mar 16, 2007 11:38 am ] |
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NOS backup light kits turns up on Ebay once and a while. So far I've seen only one Valiant that didn't already have it. |
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| Author: | 65valiant310 [ Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:11 pm ] |
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Any way you could post a pic of urs?...thanks! Im confused why the driver side unit has 2 wires going to 1 connector and the passener side has 1 wire going to 1 connector for the backup lights? |
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| Author: | KBB_of_TMC [ Mon Mar 19, 2007 2:25 pm ] |
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If both wires go to the same point in the one connector, they just made the connection there rather than a splice in the harness. I seem to remember that the backup light switch moved from the shifter to the trans in '68, but I may be wrong. Anyway, while the later 3 pin switch will screw into the early trans in place of the 1 pin switch, it won't work right unless you change the arm inside the trans (the reverse lights will be on in R &D,2,1). I swapped a later arm in to make it work, but it was somewhat difficult. It would be easy if you already had the trans out for rebuilding. I would recommend putting a good quality microswitch on the shifter to run the backup light. One of the 6? pins on the body harness connector is probably already connected to the sockets. |
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| Author: | 65valiant310 [ Mon Mar 19, 2007 4:48 pm ] |
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thanks for the info! My floor shift B&m has a micro shifter on it for the reverse already...ill hook up a bulb in the rear and see what it does in reverse |
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