Re: Reverse lights don’t work
[Re: 68jim]
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02/09/22 08:39 PM
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I'm not sure if 68 Dodge is the same as 68 Plymouth... On my 68 Road Runner (column automatic) the reverse light switch is located at the very bottom of the steering column by the firewall. There is a small plastic spike that actuates the switch. It is easily lost or broken. You loosen the attaching hardware to rotate for switch adjustment. Yep that black post broke on my '68 Road Runner column automatic. I found the broken post and repaired it with a sheet metal screw through the center of the broken post. Then found a new one and held on to it if the repair didn't hold probably still in the glovebox still waiting for the call.
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Re: Reverse lights don’t work
[Re: Runner1]
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02/10/22 12:38 PM
02/10/22 12:38 PM
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My car is an auto on the console, I don’t think I have that black switch I’ll check in the morning thx for the response Here's what the console BU light switch looks like.
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Re: Reverse lights don’t work
[Re: B1MAXX]
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02/10/22 01:28 PM
02/10/22 01:28 PM
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If you make a harness to extend the black and white wires to the neutral safety switch and change comb/ switch to 3 prong you don't need the column/console/shifter switch anymore. the rooster comb on the valvebody needs changed as well to use the 69 up three prong NSS. just clarifying the above statement in case anyone may be confused.
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Re: Reverse lights don’t work
[Re: moparx]
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02/10/22 02:47 PM
02/10/22 02:47 PM
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I have the opposite issue with my car (70 Challenger). The reverse light stays on in every gear except park. Off in park but on in R, N, 1,2,3 with RMVB and a transbrake.
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Re: Reverse lights don’t work
[Re: 6PKRTSE]
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02/11/22 01:49 PM
02/11/22 01:49 PM
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I have the opposite issue with my car (70 Challenger). The reverse light stays on in every gear except park. Off in park but on in R, N, 1,2,3 with RMVB and a transbrake. The BU lights are controlled by the metal contact in the switch (red circle below), as long as the contact is extended the lights are on, when the contact is depressed by the plastic shoe the lights are off. If the plastic shoe is broken, the contact will remain extended in gears other than Reverse.
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Re: Reverse lights don’t work
[Re: John_Kunkel]
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02/11/22 02:07 PM
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the lights will stay on if the plastic part is loose on the rooster comb as well. they are usually broken as John says, but i ran into this one time, and pulled a bunch of hair out of my head until i clamped the retaining tabs a little tighter on the plastic shoe piece. i didn't think being a little loose would matter if the shoe was not broken, but after snugging it up, the lights worked as they should, only on in reverse. the plastic was just loose enough to allow the pin to push on the plastic, moving it just enough to complete the circuit. drove me nutz until i figured it out.
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