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  1. J

    Truck lighting question

    Hmm I see now. So the brake light switch needs to run through the turn signal switch. That's starting to make since. Is there a way to figure out what wires I need to connect with my meter? Or do I just need to get a wireing diagram?
  2. J

    Truck lighting question

    hmm yes there is unused wires on the switch... what would they be used for? heres a much better diagram of what im doing
  3. J

    Truck lighting question

    yes that way when you hit the brakes both rear lights come on
  4. J

    Truck lighting question

    In that loop is the wires going from the brake light switch to the lights. I kinda drew that up in a hurry I'll try to make a neater one today
  5. J

    Truck lighting question

    hopefully that worked
  6. J

    Truck lighting question

    I kinda wrote up a quick diagram of what I'm doing. I'm not sure how to post it though
  7. J

    Truck lighting question

    Correct me if I'm wrong but arnt the factory bulbs already doubled up? One filament for the running lights and the other is for the brake/turn lights?
  8. J

    Truck lighting question

    I have it set up to we're there is 2 studs on the firewall I'm connecting everything electrical to them. Ones positive and ones ground. They both have cables going directly to the battery. I'm almost positive it's not a ground issue cause other electrical stuff on the truck works to The...
  9. J

    Truck lighting question

    Ok I will give that a try. I'm not trying to be ingorant but whats the reason behind running a seperate power source? Isn't 12 volts 12 volts?. I will also check all the grounds. I don't think there will be an issue there cause I ran every ground wire back up to a common ground under the dash...
  10. J

    Truck lighting question

    So do I need to run another seperate power wire from the battery to the brake light switch?
  11. J

    Truck lighting question

    Hmm. I bacially started from scratch on the wireing. I used one power wire for all the exterior lights and just branched off of it for the brake switch and turn signal switch. Then I put the headlights on a relay. I used a common ground for all the lights to. I've doubled checked everything and...
  12. J

    Truck lighting question

    Hi, I am currently in the process of rewireing a truck. The only factory pieces I'm reusing is the lights and the switches. I figured out what wires I need to use for the switches a ran all the wireing and I went to test it and everything worked as it should except the brake lights. All the...
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