dncoy

i put a cm flatbed on my 95 dodge,,the brake lights and blinker lights are on the same wires coming off the truck,,while the flat bed has a red for brake and green and yellow for turn signels, have spent two days trying to figure this out!! anyone know about this?? and the remedy!

wannadiesel

You will need to run new wires back to the fltabed from the brake switch and the front turn signal wires.

Hvytrkmech

Does the flatbed have seperate brake and turns lights on the rear of it? or does it have just the 2 lights?



Tim

dncoy

has seperate lights

wannadiesel

Are the turn signals red or amber?

dncoy

they are amber

wannadiesel

Then you will have to do what I said in post #2. Or switch to red lights for everything, that will simplify the wiring.

Hvytrkmech

Like Wannadiesel stated, run a separate wire from the brake light switch to the rear lights, tie it to the red wire on the brake light plugs. Does it have a wiring harness already installed, or are you running the wiring directly to the lights yourself?


Tim

dncoy

k,,,,,where would i tap into those wires,,best place?

olddodgetrucks

you dont have do all that,a$10 converter box from your auto supply store will save a lot of pain.

Hvytrkmech

Do you want separate turn signals?

dncoy

it has no harness,,,,converter box?

Hvytrkmech

The easiest thing to do is tie the 2 lights on each side together. I am assuming it has either 3" round or 4" oval pop in lights?


Tim

dncoy

yes,,,want seperate turn signals,,they are amber,,if i did tie them with them togater,,is that legal, amber brake lights?

Hvytrkmech

No amber for brake or marker lights in the rear of a vehicle. Turn signal only.

I believe that you will have to run wiring from the turn signal switch and the brake light switch. If you tie to the factory wiring on the frame it has already merged the brake signal wire and turn signal wire together. I am not a Dodge tech so I will relent to folks with more experience here. If you do wind up tieing them together it will be much easier. Just swap out the amber for red, then tie the red leads together (turn brake), then the black leads (marker light) then the white leads (ground).


Tim