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Subject:Re: Reverse Lights
From:jimt
Date:Mon, 1 Nov 2004 16:20:48 -0700

On 11/1/04 3:37 PM, "Tim Demarest" <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM> wrote:

> Sam,
> 
>        Sounds very familiar... in my case, there was a bad splice in the
> wiring.
> 
>        You should be able to verify the wiring by pulling the wires off
> the switch and jumping them together. If you don't get lights, then there's
> a wiring problem somewhere... if you do, then whatever parts in the tranny
> are supposed to activate the switch aren't doing it (and fixing it is
> outside my experience).
> 
>        My money is on the wiring... of course, you could have two burned
> out bulbs, never overlook the obvious! :-)
> 
> Tim
> 
> At 04:50 PM 11/1/2004 -0500, Sam Johnson wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>         My reverse lights are not working even though I replaced the
>> transmission switch with a known good one from the scrap. The #12 fuse is
>> good and the horn works - all bulbs look good. Any ideas why the back-up
>> lights would still not work?
>> 
>> Thanks in advance
>> 
>> Sam
> 
> 
If the test fails on the jumpers, just replace the switch.

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