The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area The Electrical Bay Tail, blinker and brake light wiring

I bought one of those cheap chinese turn signals for my 54 chevy truck. I bought some 2 wire tail lights to use with it. The wiring diagram that came with it did not show anythinmg about the tail lights, only blinker and brake. they both work good, my question is how does everyone else wire for the tailights? Just run a wire from the headight power to the tailights?

follow the shop manual wiring diagram

Bill

Sorry about that BIll.

Not to hijack, but it looks like the stop light feed wire is nat/white color. Would that likely be the same on a 49 ?.. I'm about ready to install a third brake light.

yes, some early diagrams didn't note colors, so best to go with the later diagram, the colors became 'industry standard' sometime mid-50's - most diagrams available here

Bill

Thanks Bill. I looked at the 49 diagram...no colors mentioned...the 50 shows a wire...Nat...coming from stop switch. I'm pretty sure mine has been retired so who knows unless an entire new harness was used with the proper colors.

The diagram also shows connectors....are these unplugable ? Would make it a cleaner install for a third brake lite and easier to test.

yes, where the diagrams have symbols labeled 'connector' they're the plug in ones, where they show solid dots it's junctions/terminals .... I think any replacement harness will be correct standardized colors

Bill

Super...that should make it easier....I think I already have a plug type splitter in my box of stuff

I've got it figured out, thanks guys