Re: IML: 1967 Crown Imperial Reverse Lights

The piece you're looking for is at the very bottom of the steering column, facing the firewall. It is plastic with two arms that wrap around the side of the column. The actuating arm that releases the emergency brake and turns on the back-up lights fits into a hole in the column.

I'm not real sure.. I plan to take a look at it tomorrow. Can you give me some idea of where to look? I suppose I need to remove the small panel under the steering column, then lossen the steering column away from the mounts. Where do I look after that?

In a message dated 6/27/05 7:37:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, e_tiede@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Is it possible that the plastic piece that fits in the rectangular hole
in the steering column is still in place. I had this problem 33 years ago
when I got my 67 Imperial. It seemed that the arm of the baukup light
switch fit in this hole and I coundn't adjust the light without it

Ed Tiede/67 convert.

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>Subject: Re: IML: 1967 Crown Imperial Reverse Lights
>Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 22:59:10 EDT
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>
>Does the vacuum release of the emergency brake work? Even though it
>sounds
>like an unrelated question, at the bottom of the steering column there's a
>little plastic device with a spring actuated arm and two purple wires
>coming
>out of it that regulates the vacuum to the emergency brake release AND
>turns on
>the reverse lights. If everything at the transmission is OK, check this
>next.
>
>Carl
>
>
>I'm having some problems with my reverse lights.. basically they don't
>come
>on. Any ideas on where to trouble shoot this from? I have checked and
>replaced bulbs so far..
>
>Thanks..