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Reverse light switch on the M46 200 1982

posted by  Rolandp on  Fri Dec 9 17:19 CST 2022
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I replaced the backup lights switch about 5 years ago. Now switch does work once in a while, and some time moving the shifter stick while in reverse does have lights on and off.

The car has 325k miles.

There seems to be some wear inside the transmission that make it not push the switch button in far enough to close the circuit. I am looking at an other method of turning the backup lights on. It could be a micro switch controling a relay or I could also use the rear fog light switch left of the instrument cluster to turn manually these lights on.

I cannot see an easy way to put a micro switch on the transmission stick right now.

Someone maybe has fixed that problem with an ingenious method ?

Any suggestion is welcome because I want these backup lights working for safety reasons and be legal at the same time.






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