Thanks to Dave and others

Thanks to Dave and others for help on reverse lights

I have been silently going crazy trying to figure out why my reverse lights quit working. I had checked the bulbs, the wires, the neutral safety switch, everything but still no lights. So one night I'm seaching for the answer and up pops a thread Dave replied to about the radio backlight being part of the circuit. I had replaced the original AM radio with a 1984 Ford radio a while back but only recently realized my reverse lights were not working. I never would have thought to look for the power there. So thanks to Dave and others for helping the rest of us with answers. I rarely start a job on my Comet without researching it here first to see what I am in for. Thanks to all those guys on here for sharing.

 

That's what we're here for! Contrary to some peoples belief.

 

So how/what did U do to fix the BU lights? I have the same problem.
I don't know whether the neu. safe sw is part of the problem cuz my car will only start in park. Also, I have an aftemarket radio. I have not gotten arnd to examining the problem yet -been to busy working on other things and driving the car. I don't really consider the BU lights a priority - I wud like to have them workin sometime in future.

 

i also have no idea what's going on with mine..so i hooked them up to work as brake lights and put red LED bulbs in

 

My backup lights worked without a radio and works with an aftermarket stereo.

 

If someone cuts up the factory wiring, they can cut the circuit that feeds the reverse lights, then that's where the issue arises.

 

I replaced the original AM radio on mine with a 1984 ford radio and I used a harness for the 1984 one. There should be two wires, one is white (if i remember correctly) and one white with a purple stripe wire that feed the power to the radio backlight. The white/purple stripe wire worked for the reverse lights. I had only used the white wire for my new radio harness and left the other one tucked under the dash. So, I connected the white/purple wire to the blue wire on my new harness and viola, my reverse lights worked. The blue/pink wire from the original wiring goes to your radio light. Here is a good picture from another member of the original wiring that might help you. The right side wires at the top of the pic are the ones I used.

 

Your the man Dave