stretcher66 Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 on my 71 wagon, there is a light that is under the dash, running up the steering column. it comes on when the headlights are on, but i can not find where it is supposed to be mounted at. i would take a pic but i have misplaced my phone at some point today so with it being MIA i have no camera. it takes a single screw . any help is appriciated. thanks Quote Link to comment
yenpit Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 Is the wiring to this lamp color coded like all of the Datsun wiring? A solid color + a stripe? Does that wire enter the wiring harness OR is it "tapped" in somewhere? I can't think of what it might be factory OEM,, and there should not be any wiring running up the steering column. I'm guessing you will find it is a solid color wire that someone taped in to the dash lights, turned ON by the headlight switch, perhaps to illuminate an aftermarket gauge or a tach........... Quote Link to comment
stretcher66 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 well it has a red with blue stripe and a black wire which shows the engine compartment light. but this thing only has 6 inches of slack in the wires. maybe it is tangled further up under the dash. Sorry about the crappy photo but its all i got. Quote Link to comment
Z23T Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 well it has a red with blue stripe and a black wire which shows the engine compartment light. but this thing only has 6 inches of slack in the wires. maybe it is tangled further up under the dash. Sorry about the crappy photo but its all i got. My car has one of those. It was for illuminating the shift indicator on the column when my car had the Borg Warner automatic transmission. 1 Quote Link to comment
stretcher66 Posted January 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 thank you, that makes total sense now. this was a auto from the factory but has 5 speed now. Quote Link to comment
yenpit Posted January 12, 2017 Report Share Posted January 12, 2017 That's gotta be it! :thumbup: Save the wiring for illuminating any aftermarket gauge(s) you might install! Quote Link to comment
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