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reversing lights
- little boghopper
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1 no reverse lights when in gear., 2 disconnected connector on the wire coming from the switch on the passenger side of the gearbox .
and shorted it out, lights come on, unscrewed switch bolt on gearbox and tested it with meter and switch works . ??????
so its my thinking there is a rod in the gearbox that needs to push this in when engaged in reverse, but isnt ??? confused , have they fxxked
up on replacing the box? any ideas or can i put a switch in for the mot?
cheers Guys.
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- little boghopper
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If so brilliant youve just fixed it mate remotely!!
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- little boghopper
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but if dont need for mot, its staying as is!!
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jimny yeey!!!
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Busta wrote: When my reverse switch failed I wired the lights up to a switch on the dash so I could still use the lights for reversing in the dark.
It was the done thing a few decades ago..................and a nice big lamp too.
I think having reverse lights working as they should these days is possibly the right way to go though.
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