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FrankM83
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by FrankM83 Sat Mar 08, 2008 5:51 pm
HI all I have the courtesy light which needs wiring I can't find a wire long enough to go to the roof witht he loom should I fabricate this wire connection? and any idea how the courtesy light is wired? Thanks
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by bigginger Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:43 pm
No loom I've ever got included that wire. Are you sure the old one's not inside the windscreen pillar still? If so, it'll at least help pull a new one through
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by aupickup Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:46 pm
the courtesy light wires are seperate from the loom
FrankM83
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by FrankM83 Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:49 pm
it is infact inside the pillar!! but stack hard inside I suspect that someone used bodyfiller to repair something and they are stuck to it! that's my guess!! there are 4 wires coming downn from the roof!
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by aupickup Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:53 pm
normally 3 from roof
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by FrankM83 Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:57 pm
OK question could the 4th wire be for a rear lamp in the cargo ares? mine being an ex GPO van?
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by aupickup Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:02 pm
the rear lamp on gpo vans was operated by a switch under the dash board, mainly by the drivers side
FrankM83
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by FrankM83 Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:05 pm
yes but wiring would have passed up the Apost with the courtesy light?
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by aupickup Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:17 pm
well yes of course it woul, but from inside the dash area and not from the main light in the roof
FrankM83
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by FrankM83 Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:23 pm
no the courtesy light didn't exist when I got the van nor healdining all there was were 4 wires hanging off the roof channel
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by badfelafel Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:24 pm
courtesy light?
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FrankM83
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by FrankM83 Sun Mar 09, 2008 3:44 pm
interior light
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by badfelafel Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:46 pm
lol thx frank...
i meant that i had almost no idea that there should be one there! mine has never worked
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lol thx frank...