Reverse lights not working

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Reverse lights not working

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Hey there,
Have a 71 Dodge D100. When purchased it had the 3 on the tree removed and a 3 speed on the floor put in. I fixed the speedometer not working issue, but don't have reverse lights. Is there something "buried" in the steering column that needs to be jury rigged - or? Thanks in advance.
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The reverse light switch is usually on the transmission, not the column.

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Right. So I need to find those reverse wires and wire them to the reverse switch on the new trans?
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Yes. And its possible that the previous owner removed those wires or just didn't plug them back in. I'm assuming only the shifter was changed & the truck still has same transmission, correct?

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Correct - original trans. I will take a look - thanks!
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It's the 2 outer wires on the neutral safety switch. One has 12 volts+, the other goes to tye backup lights. The center wire is the neutral safety.

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saw this post and its right up my alley....

my neutral safety switch has 3 prongs also

1 Is reverse lights and now work...

I reversed traced the wires and found out that 1 black wire is not connected... I cant figure out where it goes to...
so if anyone has retraced them back, can u please let me know...

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where does the center one go connected if u trace it back to the wiring harness?

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Caliswept wrote:where does the center one go connected if u trace it back to the wiring harness?
My guess would be starter relay, ground wire

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I think a good question to ask is will it start in gear?
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