Postby wedgewa » 04 Sep 2009 03:24
Hey thanks, that's good advice and makes complete sense.
The fog switching in this car is "interesting" - and being the original owner, I know the wiring is as-delivered including the original switch. The fog switch has 3 positions. Up is off while center and down both turn on the fog lights regardless of what other lights are turned on. However, the amber dash indicator in the fog switch does not light unless the master lighting switch is on - either parking or headlights. Selecting high beams turns off the amber fog switch dash lamp but has no effect on the actual fog lamps.
This is an original 1980 California car. The wiring came in handy many years ago when I stopped at the top of a 2-lane mountain pass between Idaho and Jackson, Wyoming at 1 in the morning to show my then 7-year old son the stars. The stars were great but when it was time to leave, the master light switch physically broke in the center parking light position and I had no headlights to descend the twisty pass. But I did have the parking lights and the fog lights to get down to the hotel. And then drive on to Denver only in daylight!
I previously and briefly (in 1980) owned a 1980 Federal 30th Anniversary Edition with the same lights. (That car was short-lived...rear ended and totaled by a drunk in a much larger truck). But on that car, the fog lights would not operate without the headlights on. Glad I didn't have that one up on that pass!
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