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Vedderism
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2022 4:06 pm    Post subject: Fog light/big red brake light/tach Reply with quote

Hello guys,

It took me a month to wire my 55, all new harness, fittings and LED rear lights, it works!

I don’t anything about wiring or electricity, I just followed the instructions.

Now that the wiring is new and stock I want add a single front fog light, tach and a rear big red brake light. I’ve ran the wires for all the accessories but have no idea on how to hook up the power, hot wire on the fuse box can only take so many wires.

I went from a 4 position fuse box to a six position and read about bridging two fuses to have two fuse positions as one. No clue if that’s the right direction, any help would be appreciated.

Tried searching for a few weeks, that’s how I figured out to install a front fog light.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Fog light/big red brake light/tach Reply with quote

You should be able to take the brake light lead from the fused brake light
terminal that already exists, leaving the 2 newer terminals for the fog light and tach.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 12:53 pm    Post subject: Re: Fog light/big red brake light/tach Reply with quote

5500 wrote:
You should be able to take the brake light lead from the fused brake light
terminal that already exists, leaving the 2 newer terminals for the fog light and tach.



Thank you for your response, would you know if a I can bridge two 10 gauge battery fuse terminals as one?
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Fog light/big red brake light/tach Reply with quote

Figured it out, thank you all.
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