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anyone get away with just cleaning the back up light switch

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Old 03-14-06, 12:06 AM
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Question anyone get away with just cleaning the back up light switch

inspection comes soon and this is the only thing holding me back...
looking at one in victoria british there only 25 buck but my reverse lights come on once in a while..this leads me to thinking that its a bad connection thats gummed up....now does this switch just screw out??? i see threads on it (looking in the magazine) but i dont want to go ripping on it just yet untill i see what is on the other side of the switch....is the wires connected on the inside of tranny that connects to the switch??? please let me know so i can get this fixxed...
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common failure, just use a relay instead
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i read this in the FAQ but wasnt sure where to tap the relay into the wire....close to the tranny???isnt there 2 wires for the back up light switch???
what relay do i need exaxtly??? do i get the relay from radio shack??
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Look for "Bosch" type relays, they have 5 pins.
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is that the same thing that icemark sells????
will they hold out to the weather????
i just dont know where to wire it in at....?
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I wire it in the drivers kick panel, as there is 12 volts ignition and the reverse light wire all there
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