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| | | | Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 39 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 39 | I put a new wire harness and head/park/dome/instrument light switch in my 1951 3100. The park lamps do not light when the headlights are on. Are they supposed to lightas running lights do in modern day cars? They work fine when I put the switch a few clicks in, and the new blinkers I put in work fine also. The blinkers will work when the headlights are on, I just can't get all 3(head/park/blinker) to work at the same time.
Are they supposed to, or were parking lamps back in the day designed to just light on their own? | | | | | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 687 | I believe they light on their own. At least mine do. Currently my signal ligths are on the top of the fenders (they look like school bus lights). When my truck is painted, I will move them to a double socket in the parking light housings...
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 | Originally, the parking lamps were only legally used if you were parking/standing-still. On two-lane roads, it was a way for someone to pull over to the side of the road at night and let cars coming in either direction know that you were on the side, but you were not moving. modern use of parking lamps another explanation of parking lamps | | |
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