<VV> Back Up Lights for an FC SUCCESS!

[Greenbrier Goon]

Here is how it was done:
 
> Bob, A friend of mine forwarded your request to me and I have a nice 
way in 
> mind to wire your [back-up] lights.  I am not on the Corvanatics, but 
trust me, I am a 
> true believer.  I also have a business wiring street rods and I used 
to be an 
> electrical engineer for Honda.
> 
> I assume you are using the factory switch in a manual transmission.
> Get yourself a Bosch "Ice cube" relay.  I buy these in bulk for about 
$3 
> apiece with a connector.  Napa gets $15 without a connector.  These 
relays 
> have five terminals, you will use four.    They are in cars at 
wrecking yards 
> by the zillions.  
> 
> My solution doesn't require any wires forward of the trans.
> Ground one of the switch terminals to a convenient bolt.
> Mount the relay somewhere near the voltage regulator.  The relay has 
a 
> built-in mounting tab.
> Run a wire from the  back-up switch to terminal 85 on the relay.
> Run a wire from the + coil to terminal 86 on the relay.
> Run a wire with a fuse (10 or 15 amp) from the "bat" terminal on the 
> regulator to terminal 30 on the relay.
> Run the right lamp to the left lamp, combine wires and run that wire 
to 
> terminal 87 on the relay.
> 
> Now when the trans is in reverse and the ignition is on, the relay 
will 
> close, lighting the lamps directly from the battery with virtually no 
load on 
> the ignition switch.  Most of the wiring is fused and the one long 
run to the 
> switch won't do anything more than turn on the lamps if it is 
accidently 
> grounded.
> Craig Nicol
> 66 Monza 140/4 efi
> 67 Monza 140/4 sedan (to be tbi)
 
The only thing I did differently was to wire #30 directly to "BAT" on the alternator since I have an internally regulated alternator.
 
Charles


UltraMonzaWest at aol.com wrote:

Great! Please share with us how you did it?

Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Chairman V V
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.
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