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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:24 AM
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flatbed wiring

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!
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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You will need to run new wires back to the fltabed from the brake switch and the front turn signal wires.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:48 AM
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Does the flatbed have seperate brake and turns lights on the rear of it? or does it have just the 2 lights?



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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:52 AM
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has seperate lights
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:56 AM
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Are the turn signals red or amber?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 08:58 AM
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they are amber
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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Then you will have to do what I said in post #2. Or switch to red lights for everything, that will simplify the wiring.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:03 AM
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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?


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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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k,,,,,where would i tap into those wires,,best place?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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you dont have do all that,a$10 converter box from your auto supply store will save a lot of pain.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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Do you want separate turn signals?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:11 AM
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it has no harness,,,,converter box?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:13 AM
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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?


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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:16 AM
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yes,,,want seperate turn signals,,they are amber,,if i did tie them with them togater,,is that legal, amber brake lights?
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 09:23 AM
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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).


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