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Spitfire Reverse Switch

FlyingCat

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I finally got my 1980 Spitfire (1500 Federal) running (thanks, everybody!), and now I'm working through the very long list of things that still don't work... like the reverse lights. I have the rear running lights working, so I don't think the trouble is in the back. I think it might be the switch... but I haven't a clue where that is on my car. I'm assuming it's something mechanical (I mean, what else could it be?) that is engaged when I put the car in reverse, so it has to be somewhere around the transmission. But like I say, I don't know where they've located that switch. Wiring diagrams are no good in actually locating where something is. Anybody have any clues?
 

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It's at the back of the transmission shaped like a eyedropper with two wires coming out of it. Green and green/brown I think.
Run on and off from the cam on a shaft in the transmission. Push on.
 
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Thanks! Got it. There are no wires coming out of the one on my car, so it really looks like... nothing. Just another bolt.
 
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