tonyk72

I thought I had my backup lights hooked up right until I noticed they are on all the time! I know the switch works fine because if I remove the rod and manually adjust the switch the lights will shut off.
Is it just the positiong of the switch that is messing me up?

Bob Onit

Did you try swapping the wires on the switch?

EDIT OOPS! I missed the part about "shutting off manually"...nevermind
The post is only 3 1/2 lines long and I still mised a part.

mdj21

yes, probably just needs to be adjusted.

VCuomo

(And it was a PITA on my '72! )

tonyk72

This is driving me mental!
I still can't get it right...

The reverse lights will come on when I first engage Reverse and then they will go out. Why won't they stay on?!?!

wabco40

I did the switch adjustment using a multimeter. Select reverse and do a conductivity test across the terminals (you may have disconnect the wire from the switch) then adjust the switch position until you just get conductivity. The problem I found was that the control rod from the reverse linkage to the switch only produces a small amount of movement so its very fine line between the switch being opened or closed.