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Old 01-12-2013, 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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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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black and yellow i did cab lights in a friends truck
 
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Ok thank you very much!
 
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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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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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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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his garage says 96 ram just saying
i didnt catch that. he still should fill out his sig.
 
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Originally Posted by MHell2k13
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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