Jim,
I was re-reading you requirement for the front signal conversion by
eliminating the parking light function and using the existing wiring.
Theirs no way around not having to run a additional wire for the right side
to function as a signal. You'll just have to cut the wire from the left
socket that carries the juice to the right side and connect that cross over
wire to the new wire for the right side. That will be the easiest solution
for the front signals to function correctly.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim House <jhouse@ccsolution.com>
To: Oletrucks (E-mail) <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:02 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] 46 Turn signal wiring
>I am just about ready to add turn signal. I purchased the item for the
>steering tube at a swap meet last year and it has the wiring diagram I
need.
>However since a 46 has no signals I need to do some wiring work.
>
>Rear:
>For the rear I would purchase from Carter the extra bulb splitter that goes
>inside the rear fixture and wiring should be simple.
>
>Front:
>Now the parking lights are wired into the headlight switch, using the
middle
>pullout point the parking lights come on. They can only be on if the truck
>headlight are off. Once the headlights are turned on then the parking
>lights go off. This is wired with one wire from the switch to the light
>block on the front left. From there it is pigtailed to the left parking
>light and pigtailed to cross over to the second block. Then the right
>parking light is connected to this block completing the parking light
setup.
>
>I do not drive the truck with the parking lights on. What I would like to
>do is use the existing setup and somehow wire the right and left turn
signal
>into the parking lights. I would like to use the existing setup and not
>have to replace the bulb bucket with the 2 filament bulb. However, if I
use
>the existing setup as is I would get both lights to blink when I only want
>one to do so. Also, I would like to be able to turn on the parking lights.
>What I would like to be able to do is splice the new left turn wire into
the
>parking light wire between the bulb and block and somehow have a "don't let
>power flow backwards switch" installed between the splice and the block. I
>would run the right wire over to the right side with the same magic hookup.
>
>Is there something out there that would allow the power to flow into the
>lights and not back out and across to the other light since I do not want
>both blinking at the same time?
>
>LONG AND NOT TO THE POINT BUT IS THERE SUCH AN ITEM?
>
>Thanks,
>NHJim
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