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Hi, almost done my restoration and now I have electrical issues! First, so you know, I did replace my forward lamp harness and engine harness. Both seem to be working fine. My radio (I replaced original radio with retro sound's digital version) did not come on at all though so I checked the fuse, it was fine but still no power. I decided to by pass the dash harness and ran power directly from the fuse box. Radio turned on with the key now and was working. Snag is, and this is the big issue, my right rear back up light comes on with the ignition and it didn't before. I removed all the wiring I just installed and it still comes on.

Any idea's on this issue,I sure can use some help?
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Does the lite stay on in neutral, seems like the neutral start reverse switch might need adjusting. Could the other lite be bad? This is for an 80 diagram.
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Does the lite stay on in neutral, seems like the neutral start reverse switch might need adjusting. Could the other lite be bad? This is for an 80 diagram.
I will take a look
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Ok so one bulb was not in correctly, fixed that, now both back up lights are on when the key is turned on in neutral or reverse. Where is this part I may need to adjust? What does it look like or is it called?
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Type of transmission? On a manual, it is located by the reverse lever on the transmission, it might be dirty and needs cleaning or adjusting. The automatic switch is sadly in the console.
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Ok fixed it.. Thanks for your help.
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Type of transmission? On a manual, it is located by the reverse lever on the transmission, it might be dirty and needs cleaning or adjusting. The automatic switch is sadly in the console.
Thanks, took a bit to get it turned the right way but got it. Its a manuel
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Was it the switch?
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Was it the switch?
Yes, got it adjusted proper now it works perfectly. Thanks
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Did you get the radio to work?
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Did you get the radio to work?
Yes, the original harness only provides a keyed power source so I had to run a wire back to the panel for constant.
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