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Old 09-07-2009, 02:21 AM   #1
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parking lamp re wire

When I got my 60 long bed, the parking lights never worked. I thought it was the head light switch and replaced it, still no parking lights. No biggie.
Yesterday I decided to find out what was wrong,and found out that the parking light circuit had no power , I removed the bulk head conector and found out that there is no wiring for it, guess the PO removed it.
So I thought why not wire the parking lights to the low beam circuit? Having added realys a while back I taped into the wire going from the relay to the low beam head light conector. easy
Since I didnt have working parking lights before this worked for me, here is a link if you want to do it "right'
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/parklamp6063.htm
here are a few pics of what they look like so what ya think ?
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I have another post on a high beam trouble that I have on my stepside, but I wanted to pass on this tip
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Old 09-07-2009, 09:58 AM   #2
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Re: parking lamp re wire

Thanks for the link, good idea to do to mine
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Old 09-07-2009, 07:59 PM   #3
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Thanks for the link, good idea to do to mine
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Old 09-07-2009, 11:12 PM   #4
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Re: parking lamp re wire

Excellent tip. I like the parking lamps on all the time the headlights are running. The Ron Francis wiring I have works this way. Just curious, do the parking lights remain constant on high beams?
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Old 09-07-2009, 11:42 PM   #5
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Excellent tip. I like the parking lamps on all the time the headlights are running. The Ron Francis wiring I have works this way. Just curious, do the parking lights remain constant on high beams?
Thanks . When you hit the high beams the parking lights go off
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Old 09-11-2009, 10:14 PM   #6
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Re: parking lamp re wire

For those interested in this thread, here's another method to consider.

http://www.6066gmcguy.org/parklamp6063.htm
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Old 10-28-2009, 06:40 PM   #7
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For those interested in this thread, here's another method to consider.

http://www.6066gmcguy.org/parklamp6063.htm
Pretty slick!
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Old 10-28-2009, 07:47 PM   #8
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Re: parking lamp re wire

These trucks came from the factory where the park lights only come on without the headlights.
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