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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:15 am 
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where is the factory spot for the button?
maybe above the rear demister switch?
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:20 am 
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no factory location cos no EA-EL had driving lights..... even the EB/EL GT's didnt get switches.......

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:59 am 
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no factory location cos no EA-EL had driving lights..... even the EB/EL GT's didnt get switches.......


What about those Fairmont.Fairlane driving lights, where is the switch for them located.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:03 pm 
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you mean the turning lights?

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:02 pm 
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no factory location cos no EA-EL had driving lights..... even the EB/EL GT's didnt get switches.......


What about those Fairmont.Fairlane driving lights, where is the switch for them located.

Yer, they are cornering lamps and noly activate momentarily via indictors.
These can be modded to work on a swtich, but theres still not stock switch for em. :roll:

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:51 pm 
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no factory location cos no EA-EL had driving lights..... even the EB/EL GT's didnt get switches.......


What about those Fairmont.Fairlane driving lights, where is the switch for them located.

Yer, they are cornering lamps and noly activate momentarily via indictors.
These can be modded to work on a swtich, but theres still not stock switch for em. :roll:


AHH that explains it all.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:47 pm 
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well then, i might grab a old demister switch, rub the indicator off, transfer my own one on to it, and install it... ill be the coolest kid on the block 8-)
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:57 pm 
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ill be the coolest kid on the block 8-)
doubt it

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:05 am 
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well then, i might grab a old demister switch, rub the indicator off, transfer my own one on to it, and install it... ill be the coolest kid on the block 8-)


I intend to run my driving light switch off a Ford button.
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 1:49 am 
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well then, i might grab a old demister switch, rub the indicator off, transfer my own one on to it, and install it... ill be the coolest kid on the block 8-)


I intend to run my driving light switch off a Ford button.

i brought this topic up on FM1, and IIRC, it was cos i'd seen a pic of a switch that looked like a ford factory item, but was a rear demist switch that had been painted white, had a sticker of the foglight symbol on it, then sprayed black and the sticker removed......

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 2:24 am 
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I'd use an antenna height switch as it is a two position switch. The rear demist switch is a momentary close switch. The former would be much easier to wire up.

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:09 am 
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i thought the rear demist was a latching type and not momentary

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 12:05 pm 
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I used a antenna height switch in my EA as it is a standard on/off switch, the EF-EL should be the same.

AFAIK the rear demister switch is a momentary switch, as it sends a signal to the BEM to start the rear demister timer.

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:40 pm 
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Ryan0001, if your going to the trouble of installing driving lights and making it look factory, why not also wire up the dash spot lamp waring light ?

All you need to get this warning lamp to work is put a 1.2W globe into the hole above the smartlock LED on the rear of your cluster and then connect a wire from pin 8 of the left hand plug (looking at the cluster) to the signal side of your driving light switch (the side that sends 12V to the relay).

Pin 8 can be identified by looking at the plug from behing (where the wires come out); pin 1 is top left, pin 10 is top right, pin 11 bottom left, pin 20 botton right.

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 8:10 pm 
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What about the rear wiper switch, would that work?

Whats this spot lamp warning thingy?
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