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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 10:05 PM
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Does anyone know which wire that goes into the headlight switch is the parking lights so I can tie in my cab lights there?
 
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Old Jan 12, 2013 | 10:54 PM
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After looking thru the Haynes manual it looks like its the red/light green wire...but I'm not real good at reading the diagrams.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2013 | 09:14 AM
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black and yellow i did cab lights in a friends truck
 
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Old Jan 15, 2013 | 01:07 AM
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Ok thank you very much!
 
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 06:27 PM
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So I was wondering also which wire was for the headlights to tie in lights on the front of the truck
 
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 07:45 PM
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maybe you should just download the service manual, and find out yourself. there have also been countless threads about this same subject. a little searching goes a long way.

also, add the details of your rig to your sig. wire colors vary through the years.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by redneck_ram
maybe you should just download the service manual, and find out yourself. there have also been countless threads about this same subject. a little searching goes a long way.

also, add the details of your rig to your sig. wire colors vary through the years.
his garage says 96 ram just saying
 
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by h3lzsn1p3r
his garage says 96 ram just saying
i didnt catch that. he still should fill out his sig.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 10:44 PM
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So I was wondering also which wire was for the headlights to tie in lights on the front of the truck
Don't do that. The headlight switches on these trucks are notorious for melting even with just the stock lights, adding an additional load pretty much guarantees you will have problems.

If you want more lights, and want to run them off the headlight switch, change ALL your lights to be powered via relays, and have the HL switch control the relays.
 
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