Reverse lights

[custodian]

Since I switched from a manual trans with 3 on the tree, I put a 78 model auto steering column in it. The manual trans had the reverse switch mounted on the trans. I now want to hook up the reverse lights. I have no wires to do this, so can I just make a power source and hook up to the switch that is mounted on the steering column?

 

[chengny]

Yeah, that's all GM did. You won't have to spend much on the wiring from the fuse block to the switch either. They're about a foot apart:

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[kickdeez]

I am actually doing the opposite. My truck came with an auto, and now has a manual. So can I cut the wires to that switch on the column and wire it into the switch on the transmission? Sorry, not trying to derail your thread.

 

[yevgenievich]

I am actually doing the opposite. My truck came with an auto, and now has a manual. So can I cut the wires to that switch on the column and wire it into the switch on the transmission? Sorry, not trying to derail your thread.

That would work. I did the same thing on 89 f body when switching from auto to manual.

 

[kickdeez]

I think I read on the wiring schematic in my trusty Hanes manual that the green wire is the wire that goes to the reverse lamp. Is that correct? So in this case, I would need a 12v source to the switch and then the green wire from the switch to the lamps. Correct?

 

[yevgenievich]

Correct

 

[kickdeez]

Correct

Do you know if that blue wire in the picture above is the power source from the fuse block???

 

[yevgenievich]

Do you know if that blue wire in the picture above is the power source from the fuse block???

Should be coming from fuse location #2 (turn/bu)

 

[chengny]

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