Rear bumper lights (1 Viewer)

[izzyandsue]

Need some guidance, installed new Dobinson bumper and need some electrowizardry help. Look For easiest way to connect brake and turn, reverse, and license plate. I have this plug back where the rearmost bumper, it’s 6 pins with 5 wires. Is this the place I need to tap?

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[angerhater]

my guess is yes. brakes, reverse, left, right,running ?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Do you have a multimeter? Connect the ground of the multimeter to the ground bolt, and the positive to each pin in that plug while you turn on each thing to figure out which one is which.

 

[izzyandsue]

That is my next step for sure Johnny, was hoping someone had a quicker solution as I am assembling it between "conference calls". Being a consultant is hard.

 

[roadstr6]

@Izzyandsue I want to say that I don't think that plug will get you what you need. If it did, everyone would connect to that plug or tap those to create their pigtail for towing a trailer...but they don't. The wires that are normally used are in the passenger side quarter panel. I can't for the life of me remember what that plug is for. It seems like it had something to do with non-US models. Maybe auxiliary tank wiring or something like that?

EDIT: JUST CHECKED. THAT PLUG IS INDEED FOR THE SUB TANK FOR NON US MODELS. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME WITH IT.

 

[izzyandsue]

Right on Dave! That plug would be way too convenient. Found the wiring diagrams and printed the pages I need. Found the plug and was able to get the license plate lit up by the "Tail lights" power in case I drive at night for American Adventurist this weekend, so its temporary for now. I order a bunch of T-tap connectors and spade connectors so I can make all the lights work, will be next week so I have time to monkey around with it before the Logans Run.

 

[izzyandsue]

This dirty nasty cruddy connector is the trailer one, for tail, stop, backup. There’s another above it for turn signals. Need to clean the wires well to see their color, they are all Uwharrie brown at the moment!

 

[lumbee1]

For the license plate on my 4x4 Labs bumper, I tapped into the license plate light in the tailgate. It was simple and worked.

 

[NCFJ]

Izzy, if you are hooking up new back up lights on the bumper your OEM back up circuit may not be able to handle the power. I hooked up extra back up lights on my FJC and it blew the fuse out. I ended up running a dedicated circuit to the new back up lights to a relay and had the circuit for the OEM back up lights fire the relay. I also wired them so that I could turn them on independently with a switch as well.

 

[JohnVee]

Question: Does the new bumper actually obscure the stock lights? I’ll assume yes on the license plate since it’s a swing out.

 

[izzyandsue]

It doesnt, but I trust some overzealous LEO to say it does and mess with me.

 

[JohnVee]

Ahh. I know that Rafael’s 80 rear bumper does cover at least one side of the stock lights. Most don’t.

 

[izzyandsue]

It barely does, but the tail and brake lights are almost done. Just have to do it 5 minutes at a time between meetings. I can do a temp job with scraps I have for now, then when the "better stuff" comes, do it more professional looking next week.

 

[stevezero]

It barely does, but the tail and brake lights are almost done. Just have to do it 5 minutes at a time between meetings. I can do a temp job with scraps I have for now, then when the "better stuff" comes, do it more professional looking next week.

In other words, it will remain like that until a bunch of fuses blow and sitting on a Trail or side of the road. just like the rest of us!

 

[izzyandsue]

Yup!

 

[Roxx]

There is a plug that has all what you want. I found it when I installed the kaymar. It is a old school type of plug. I dont have reverse in my bumper but everything else works. If i go to my truck tomorrow i send you a picture

 

[izzyandsue]

There is a plug that has all what you want. I found it when I installed the kaymar. It is a old school type of plug. I dont have reverse in my bumper but everything else works. If i go to my truck tomorrow i send you a picture

Rafa, thanks, I did find it and got the tail and brake going fine. Will do the turn signals next week, and try the backups. By using the tail lights power for the license plate I kept it to one comon wire feeding both. Hope that’s a good thing!

 

[izzyandsue]

Izzy, if you are hooking up new back up lights on the bumper your OEM back up circuit may not be able to handle the power. I hooked up extra back up lights on my FJC and it blew the fuse out. I ended up running a dedicated circuit to the new back up lights to a relay and had the circuit for the OEM back up lights fire the relay. I also wired them so that I could turn them on independently with a switch as well.

That sounds too hard Stan, I am going to use this instead.