[Healeys] Reversing light wiring

i erbs eyera3000 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 21 16:44:17 MDT 2018


My Toyota 5spd has the switch already
So I too have been thinking about installing a back up light. Please post
any idea on what to use.
Thanks

Ira Erbs
Portland, OR
typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 8:55 AM Tom <ah3000me at gmail.com> wrote:

> Now that the sun is setting so early here in the northern hemisphere, I'm
> thinking about doing this, too.
>
> Any recommendations on what type of light to use and how to affix it our
> cars?
>
> - Tom
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 6:25 AM <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I’m thinking about fitting a reversing light to my 3000.
>>
>> I was hoping to have it switched by the selection of reverse gear.
>>
>> At first I thought I could piggy back it off the gearbox overdrive
>> switch, but that seems like a non-runner for many reasons.
>>
>>
>>
>> I keep emails to the list that interest me….for future reference. I came
>> across this,  the only one on the topic. ”  (To Magnus Karlsson. 16th
>> March ’99!!) :-
>>
>> “Earlier on this month there was a flurry of messages on how to install a
>> reversing light switch to the centre shift gearbox.
>>
>> While I do not have a centre shift box I am told it is quite simple to
>> do. As you sit in the car the overdrive inhibitor switch is located on the
>> left hand side of the remote control shift housing. All you do is to locate
>> an additional switch directly opposite on the remote control shift housing
>> in what is in effect a mirror image of what is already there. I am told it
>> is matter of drilling a hole into the housing, tapping the correct thread
>> and then installing in the switch.
>>
>> I am also told that it is also possible to install a switch inside the
>> bell housing, around where the selector rods are, but I think that would be
>> a problem with the switch being way out of reach.
>>
>> All this sounds very difficulty without a gearbox in front of me, but I
>> suspect that even a dummy like me could stumble through it.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Patrick Quinn
>>
>> Sydney, Australia
>>
>> Well, this dummy has thought about it and not got the solution. I’d mount
>> the second switch opposite the overdrive switch. But what about the wiring?
>> Does anyone have a diagram? There’s some basic principle that I’m not
>> grasping….probably plain as a pikestaff once someone shows me.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon
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