RE: IML: Backup lights 1960 Imp at fault

["Rob McCall" <Rob_Mopar@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert,

I can't help with the switch, but maybe give you a workaround to pass
inspection.  Do the lights have to work when in reverse, or do they just
have to work?  I haven't had to do this in a very long time, but in PA the
reverse lights just had to work.  It wasn't specified that they had to come
on when the car was put in reverse.  I found this out in my teenage years
with a car I put an aftermarket floor shifter in.  The column shifter still
activated the reverse lights, the floor shifter worked the transmission.
Later I fixed it correctly.

So you may be able to bypass the shifter controlled reverse light switch
temporarily and connect a toggle switch under the dash to pass inspection.

Hopefully someone else here will chime in with an easy fix for the original
switch.

Rob McCall
'67 LeBaron, now roadworthy.

-----Original Message-----


Hi,

I need some advice with regard to my backup lights, they suddenly quit 
working and since I have to go to the yearly inspection at my local DMV next

month, I will try to solve the problem asap.

I always had trouble since I own the car to make the backup lights lite up. 
I have to hit the R button of the gear selector hard (and sometimes a couple

of times, alternating between N and R) to make it work.

So I guess the backup light switch is at fault and it need to be replaced.

Am I right here, and if so ; How do you replace this switch? I guess it is 
somehow connected to the gear selector assembly but I don't know how.

If this switch is at fault, is it still possible to get a replacement?
Or is it repairable?

Thanks in advance,

Robert
1960 Crown Southampton





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