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Help! How do i wire the cab/clearance lights that are on top of my truck

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Old 09-21-2012, 10:47 PM
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I just bought a 1998 dodge ram 1500 larmine 5.9 v8 and it came with 5 lights on top. the lights on top are wired together already but I need to wire them to the parking lights so when I turn my parking lights or headlights on the turn on. Any Ideas where I hook the wires up to. The lights work because i connected them to the battery to ensure they work. I just cant figure out how to wire the two wires to the parking lights. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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really just run a length of wire to the front light and splice it in with an in line fuse
 
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ok ill go ahead and try that today. Got another quesetion too...

My abs light and brake light is on and my speedometer dont work till you hit 20mph. I googled this and it says to check to speed switch on top of the differential but it doesnt say how to check it. any ideas?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_would...odge_ram_truck
 
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go to our DIY section and download the service manual for your truck. a lot of good info there, and once you have it, you can always use it as a reference or some good bathroom reading.
 
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plus it has wiring diagrams in it. print out the pages you need when you need them. And go to the user cp section. (top left of the screen) and put in the info about you and your truck so you wont have to mention it everytime you need help.
And I have gotten alot of ggood help from this site.
 
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I got the lights wired to the fog lights. Turns out the reason they were not working was because I wasnt getting a good connection.
 
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