Question for a Hudson owner

Unknown

I have a 52 Wasp and I have been tinkering with the wiring for awhile. I have managed to get the lights working and almost the parking lights. My problem is when I turn on the parking light all 4 lights turn on, When I turn on the head lights I have 3 of the parking lights turn on but the front driver side shuts off. Now my question really is does your front parklights go off when you switch on the head lights? or do they stay on with the headlights? Im just wondering if anybody can answer this question. to me the parking lights would still stay on when your headlights would be in use, but I could be wrong though.



Thanks for answering



Brent

464Saloon

Actually the parking lights go off on your older cars. Not sure when that changed. My 51 and 55 Fords go off, my Hornet goes off and the next newest car is my 68 442 and they stay on

Jon B

This is a wild guess, but...



IF the parking lights are designed to turn off when you turn the headlights on, then they should NOT be wired to the headlight terminal on the lighting switch. In this case, the lighting switch must have three separate terminals for its three separate functions:



1. Headlights

2. Parking Lights

3. Taillights



This allows each of the three items to come on in different combinations:



1. Headlights & taillights

2. Parking lights & taillights

(taillights have to be independently-wired so they can go on with either headlights or taillights.)



Thus, if ONE of your parking lights is coming on with the headlights, then it is incorrectly wired to the headlight terminal instead of to the parking light terminal. Your driver's side parking light is wired (correctly) to the parking light terminal, because it goes off when the headlights go on.

Unknown

Thanks guys, Its a easy fix now then!!! if it was suppost to come on then I thought something may have been wrong with the switch all together, but it seems like it was correct all along, and Im to blame then...easy fix though



thanks



Brent

Unknown

464Saloon wrote:

Actually the parking lights go off on your older cars. Not sure when that changed. My 51 and 55 Fords go off, my Hornet goes off and the next newest car is my 68 442 and they stay on

My 64 ford galaxie parking lights go off when i turn on my headlights not sure either when that changed.

PAULARGETYPE

Hi I Will Ad A Few Things To Think About Remember That You Are Working On Some Thing That Is Over 50 Years Old And While Your Repairing The Lights Now Other Things In The Wireing Are Also Just As Bad Replaceing The Entire Wireing Harness Isn't As Hard As You Would Think. Hard Starting Due To Bad Grounds And Breakers Going Out All Are Likly To Happen As Well As Charging Problems Untill You Up Grade To A New Wireing Harness

[Deleted User]

It became part of the Federal law (FMVSS) in 1968 that the parking lights AND the headlights BOTH came on when the headlights were turned on. Also the first year sidemarkers were mandatory. Before the '68 model year, most cars had the parking light, then the headliight on the switch, but both did not stay on.

Unknown

66patrick66 wrote:

It became part of the Federal law (FMVSS) in 1968 that the parking lights AND the headlights BOTH came on when the headlights were turned on. Also the first year sidemarkers were mandatory. Before the '68 model year, most cars had the parking light, then the headliight on the switch, but both did not stay on.

100% correct. Side marker lamps were the key to telling the Mustangs, Camaros and other cars apart easily from the 1967 to 1968 model years. 1968 was also the Federal mandate year for seat belts/shoulder harnesses I think. :eek:

Unknown

Brent...

Paul S comments about the wiring are germaine here... the parking lights on your car should GO OUT when the headlights are selected. The wiring diagram clearly shows that should occur. If there is a light coming on it is either shorted to the headlights ... quite easy at the flat connect near the radiator or was wired to do so by someone else. I wired my fog light relay to the parking lights so that when the headlights are selected the fog lights quit. I second Paul's advice. If you are in the process of redoing your car... replace the wiring harness you will be glad you did.

Cheers

hudsonguy

tristansdaz wrote:

100% correct. Side marker lamps were the key to telling the Mustangs, Camaros and other cars apart easily from the 1967 to 1968 model years. 1968 was also the Federal mandate year for seat belts/shoulder harnesses I think. :eek:

...and, of course I think ALL '68 Mopar products had the last minute, 'let's-just-drill-a-hole-and-pop-in-this-little-round-lamp-style' side marker lights! I do like how they looked, though.

PAULARGETYPE

hi i'm back for one last coment i'm glad to know about all the other makes light goings on and off i have a 68 cuda cv BUT THIS IS A HUDSON CHAT and I don't care what the Federal law (FMVSS) says i'll go with aaca and they say orignal as mabe back in the 30's,40's, and 50's, is the way the lights should work!! by now LOL

[Deleted User]

The '68 Mopar sidemarkers are the best-looking ones from that year in ANY car.



Paul, don't stroke out on us now, we're simply establishing a historic timeline when all of the stinkin' lights came on at the same time.

[Deleted User]

tristansdaz wrote:

100% correct. Side marker lamps were the key to telling the Mustangs, Camaros and other cars apart easily from the 1967 to 1968 model years. 1968 was also the Federal mandate year for seat belts/shoulder harnesses I think. :eek:

63 was the last year seat belts were optional

MikeWA

I think Tristansdaz is correct- my '66 Cutlass has never had seat belts. BTW, wonder what was the last car to have the nifty rope across the front seat back, so us kids standing up in the back would have something to hold onto?

PAULARGETYPE

66patrick66 Stroke Out I'll Hold All My Stroking Out Till I See You In The Flesh Then I'll Give It To You First Hand Lol

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