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Originally Posted by Joe K
The parking lights in the Twolite system are two wires to the main driving lights (high beam/low beam) and a single wire to the parking light. (ref: https://sacramentocapitolas.org/2017...iring-diagram/)
In all three applications the socket shell/headlamp reflector/headlamp body is the "ground." (I usually run a separate ground wire from each socket back through the conduit to frame ground - Ford's concept of ground being maintained through all the junctures of the headlights was "optimistic.")
You certainly would need the proper LED bulb bayonet to fit.
Not to mention a turn-signal switch in parallel to everything else on the steering column.
Have they ever made an "add-on" turn-signal switch that "resets" when you return the steering column to neutral position?
Joe K |
Joe, you raise some good points!
1. If you want the second socket inside the headlight reflector to serve as both Parking Light and Turn Signal bulb, you need to rewire it with a 2-filament bulb socket, like for an 1157 bulb; pretty easy to do. Now you have 4 wires going into the headlight, not 3, and you can't use Ford's original connector at the bottom of the headlight bucket; some people will say that is a good thing (they don't like Ford's connector). You will have 5 wires going through the conduit if you add a ground; good luck with that!
2. There are some really nice turn signal systems out there now that use a very small switch, mounted under the edge of the dash in the car, that are not as big and ugly a the silver turn signal lever we have all gotten used to seeing when turn signals are added. The new switches look much nicer and are almost invisible. A momentary press to the left for a left turn signal, or a momentary press to the right for a right turn. The switch is spring load to be a momentary contact switch.
3. There are some really smart turn signal control boxes out now that self cancel the turn signal for you after a certain time. As long as you hold your foot on the brake pedal, the signal keeps going. But then a few seconds after you take your foot off the brake, they cancel. You can also manually cancel at any time by tapping the turn signal switch a second time. It is the perfect solution. I have installed a few.