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Old 02-02-2009, 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by hanno View Post
865, anytime. Car is already half apart, interior gutted so it wasn't hard to follow. Is the yellow pigtail in your picture used? I don't remember seeing that (but didn't look for it either). Do your reverse lights work now? I had an issue during a conversion that turned out to be tight mounting of the switch.
The new cable is the correct replacement part for the old cable, I double-checked. The pigtail was not used, I have no idea of its purpose.

Bad news is the reverse lights still do not work. I checked the new switch and new cable for continuity and they are good. The reason why I replaced the original cable is there was an intermittant connection. Sometimes the reverse lights would work, other times not. When I removed the shifter boot and wiggled the old cable the lights would work.

I checked the bulbs and they are good. Connection under the dash is tight. Next step is I will check the wiring schematic and perform more troubleshooting.

Hanno, thanks for following up.
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