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Rootes75 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 1:47 pm Post subject: Wiring rear lights.

Has anyone any experience of wiring up rear lights and indicators from scratch?
My lorry is a 12v system and has no wiring at all for the rear.
Any help or tips would be appreciated?
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badhuis · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 1390 Location: Netherlands

Just have a look at any 50s or 60s (simple) car wiring diagram. It shows a very simple path to follow.
Take the feeds from the headlamp and indicator switches.
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Rootes75 · Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 5:45 pm Post subject:

I can take the headlight feeds but its never had indicators fitted so I will fit a period flasher unit and switch.
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ukdave2002 · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4104 Location: South Cheshire

Look at a Morris Minor Wiring diagram, if the lorry is pre 1960 you could even have flashing stop lamps as the MM S2 had Smile

Dave

Phil - Nottingham · Joined: 01 Jan 2008 Posts: 1252 Location: Nottingham

It is a straightforward task - use a period simple diagram as above. Do keep to the correct colour codes as it does help others later to sort things out
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Rootes75 · Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:06 am Post subject:

I have now set up a period dash switch, 2 pin flasher and wired up two period tail indicators. A little bit of fiddling and correcting earth's etc and having to re-solder the wires into one of the NOS lights and when all connected I have working rear indicators!

I have connected them on short feeds to the back of the chassis just to prove they operate, now I need to feed them up the chassis and up into the main control panel in the cab.
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