Your response helps a lot. Sorry about the color mix-up. Hopefully I can
get this done soon.
Thanks again
>From: "Steve Hanberg" <steve@oldsub.com>
>Reply-To: "Steve Hanberg" <steve@oldsub.com>
>To: "chuck clark"
><cachomeimp@hotmail.com>,<clca@houston.rr.com>,<oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Need wiring advice
>Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:54:34 -0800
>
>Chuck:
>
>1) If I understand your question, yes, the wire to the brake lights is
>replaced by the connection to the switch.
>
>2) Either your diagram and colors are different than mine, or you need to
>look at the diagram again. According to the diagram I have, the Orange
>(left) and Brown (right) wires from the switch should be connected to the
>bright filaments on the rear.
>
>The cut and tape in the directions mean cut the wire all the way through
>and
>tape it off so it won't cause trouble elsewhere. In my case I cut in
>multiple places and completely removed the existing wires. I then ran new
>wire front to rear.
>
>Smokey:
>
>The red wire attaches to the brake switch in place of the wire that goes to
>the rear. The other connection to the brake light switch should always
>have
>power on it, and can probably be traced back to the fuse box.
>
>The orange wire goes to the left turn/stop light, and the brown wire goes
>to
>the right turn/stop light.
>
>Yellow goes to front left, green to front right. Black goes to 'L' on the
>flasher, Blue goes to 'P' on the flasher. I think that covers all seven...
>
>The diagram I'm using can be found at
>http://www.oldsub.com/TechArticles/Remote_Entry_files/signal_wiring_diagram.
>jpg and yes the upper case/lower case must be exactly as I've typed it.
>
>I hope this helps!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "chuck clark" <cachomeimp@hotmail.com>
>To: <clca@houston.rr.com>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 2:30 PM
>Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Need wiring advice
>
>
> > I too am working on my 7 wire turn signal and Joe gave me some advice
>the
> > other day but I'm not there yet.
> >
> > My specific question is:
> >
> > 1). does the red wire from the signal unit to the brake switch get
>spliced
> > in to the wire currently on the brake switch which goes to the rear
>brake
> > lights. or, is the wire going back to the brake lights replaced by the
>red
> > wire (red wire from signal unit to brake switch)?
> >
> > 2) do the brown and green wires from the signal unit go directly to the
> > brake lights replacing the wires that currently go to the brake lights.
>Or,
> > if the red wire gets spliced into the existing brake light wire at the
> > switch, do the brown and green wires from the signal unit get spliced
>into
> > the current brake light wires ( brown to one side and green to the
>other)
> > going into each brake light?
> >
> > The instructions just say "cut and tape". Not sure what that means.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Charles Culver" <clca@houston.rr.com>
> > >Reply-To: "Charles Culver" <clca@houston.rr.com>
> > >To: "oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > >Subject: [oletrucks] Need wiring advice
> > >Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 14:40:21 -0600
> > >
> > >Got a question on the '50 model. I'm re-wiring things from front to
>back,
> > >and have gotten lost somewhere in the routing of the brake light wire
> > >through the turn signals. The turn signals have seven wires, brown,
> > >orange,
> > >yellow, green, black, blue and red. I know that there is a way to wire
>the
> > >brake lights and the blinkers so that they work together on the bright
>side
> > >of the bulb. Just can't remember how I did it. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >Thanks!
> > >
> > >Smokey Culver
> > >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> >
> >
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