Front Park Lamp Electrical Question - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

dyno · 06-04-2015, 09:07 PM

Working out the last "bug" on my '58 GMC.

Front parking lamps turn off when headlights are on. They are only on when the headlight switch is halfway pulled out in park lamp mode. Is that by design or should they come on with the headlights like all my other later model trucks?Brand new wiring harness and switches.

dyno · 06-04-2015, 10:01 PM

OOPS...wrong terminal. I put tail light (black) and park light (purple) on the "tail" terminals on the headlight switch. Left the "park" terminal empty. They all come on now with headlights on.

**mr48chev** · 06-04-2015, 10:47 PM

Originally they did go off when you turned the headlights on, up though 1967 for most rigs. In 1968 the govt decided we needed side marker lights on our vehicles and as the side marker lights tied into the park light circuit they changed the headlight switches so the park lights stayed on when the headlights were turned on.

dyno · 06-05-2015, 09:25 AM

Thanks for the reply. That's interesting. I like having them on with the headlights .

**mr48chev** · 06-05-2015, 12:06 PM

A lot of us have changed to the newer switches that power the park lights both ways. I have a switch out of a 70 something that I scrapped out about the time I was building the truck.

_Ogre · 06-06-2015, 11:10 AM

this is how you should have the switch wired

dyno · 06-06-2015, 07:59 PM

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this is how you should have the switch wired

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06-04-2015, 09:07 PM	#1
dyno Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Middleton, Idaho Posts: 352	Front Park Lamp Electrical Question Working out the last "bug" on my '58 GMC. Front parking lamps turn off when headlights are on. They are only on when the headlight switch is halfway pulled out in park lamp mode. Is that by design or should they come on with the headlights like all my other later model trucks?Brand new wiring harness and switches. __________________ "Built- not bought" 1958 GMC 150 4x4 in progress 1980 K20- Restored 1985 K3500 Flatbed 58 GMC 4x4 build thread: http://http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=557675

06-04-2015, 10:01 PM	#2
dyno Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Middleton, Idaho Posts: 352	Re: Front Park Lamp Electrical Question OOPS...wrong terminal. I put tail light (black) and park light (purple) on the "tail" terminals on the headlight switch. Left the "park" terminal empty. They all come on now with headlights on. __________________ "Built- not bought" 1958 GMC 150 4x4 in progress 1980 K20- Restored 1985 K3500 Flatbed 58 GMC 4x4 build thread: http://http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=557675

06-04-2015, 10:47 PM	#3
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,711	Re: Front Park Lamp Electrical Question Originally they did go off when you turned the headlights on, up though 1967 for most rigs. In 1968 the govt decided we needed side marker lights on our vehicles and as the side marker lights tied into the park light circuit they changed the headlight switches so the park lights stayed on when the headlights were turned on. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

06-05-2015, 09:25 AM	#4
dyno Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Middleton, Idaho Posts: 352	Re: Front Park Lamp Electrical Question Thanks for the reply. That's interesting. I like having them on with the headlights . __________________ "Built- not bought" 1958 GMC 150 4x4 in progress 1980 K20- Restored 1985 K3500 Flatbed 58 GMC 4x4 build thread: http://http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/showthread.php?t=557675

06-05-2015, 12:06 PM	#5
mr48chev Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toppenish, WA Posts: 15,711	Re: Front Park Lamp Electrical Question A lot of us have changed to the newer switches that power the park lights both ways. I have a switch out of a 70 something that I scrapped out about the time I was building the truck. __________________ Founding member of the too many projects, too little time and money club. My ongoing truck projects: 48 Chev 3100 that will run a 292 Six. 71 GMC 2500 that is getting a Cad 500 transplant. 77 C 30 dualie, 454, 4 speed with a 10 foot flatbed and hoist. It does the heavy work and hauls the projects around.

06-06-2015, 11:10 AM	#6
_Ogre Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Motown Posts: 7,680	Re: Front Park Lamp Electrical Question this is how you should have the switch wired __________________ cool, an ogre smiley Ogre's 58 Truk build how to put your truck year and build thread into your signature shop air compressor timer



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