cordova87

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ok fellas need help here!! how do I wire the reverse light in the mustang to the ratchet shifter?

bjamick

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You could use a simple micro switch if you wanted.

MustangLS

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That reminds me I never did hook mine up. My ratchet shifter came with a couple of micro switches I know one was intended for the reverse lights.

stangtrader

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Next question should be what wires in the stock mustang harness do you tap in to? I havent looked in alldata yet but so far my experiance has been that alldats diagrams for fox wiring is poor

club_xcursion

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easier to chase it from the taillights forward. i had to do the same to mine when i put a c4 in my car.

RATBOX

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There's a wire connection down at the trans tunnel that plugs into the Ford T5 or AOD for reverse lights. Look in the trans tunnel vicinity.

This is the one for the T5:



The T5 is a two wire connection and as I recall the AOD harness is a 4 wire. In either case you should be able to make a micro-switch complete the circuit through some minor trial and error.

chiaj144

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Your looking for a 4 wire harness under your console. While your hooking up your backup lights use the other two in the harness and hook up your neutral safety switch if you haven't already. Depending on the shifter yours may already be setup for them.

v8sten

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I wired mine to my hurst shifter, mine was an auto and it had 4 wires like stated above. 2 for the neutral safety switch ans 2 for the reverse lights. they are on the drivers side of the trans tunnel.

bjamick

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cordova87

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thxs fells for all the info have been busy but ill look at it right now, i do recall it that it had that t5 harness not sure if its a 4 wire or 2 ill post pics

cordova87

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how did you wire it? here's the harnesses

cordova87

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cool thxs so do i just connect those wire to the micro swtich? or is there a way they go?

v8sten

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I cut the connector off and pulled it inside the car and stripped the ends of the wire off and figured out which wires let me start the car and which turned the reverse lights on. 2 are ground wires and the other 2 are, 1 for reverse lights and 1 for neutral safety switch.

cordova87

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do you know whats the other harness for? on the pic besides the transmission reverse lights one, as fas as the reverse safety switch do i need 2 or just one? idk how to go by connecting those 2 wires into the reverse safety swicth one an one to the safety switch?

v8sten

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what year is your car

Sarg

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Subscribed for the near future. Good info here. Wondering if this is my my starter wire will not go hot.

v8sten

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correct. neutral safety switch

Sarg

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I figured with a manual body car it would just be the clutch switch?

cordova87

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92 coupe was 4cyn manual t5
lsx swap lq9/4l60e just trying to get these reverse lights on

v8sten

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I would think the same too. I can only speak from my personal experience though. i have a 86 v6/auto car. Lemme ask a few friends.