trailer light looking connection under the dash

[kilog55]

ok i have a 4 pin trailer light style connector under my dash on the left side of the steering column, the 4 wires are snipped and 2 are twisted together. im guessing this isnt a ford factory harness.

am i right or wrong? im gonna trace the wires tomorrow and see if they even go anywhere, there is power going to it

[FORDification]

The neutral safety switch connector is shaped like that. I'm guessing your truck starts in all gears, and the back-up lights don't work?

[kilog55]

well none of my rear lights work now that i took all the hack job trailer harness wiring out and have no connectors so i have to rewire it all, and yes it starts in all gears, its an automatic too. not to mention its a th-400

[FORDification]

Is the NSS still attached to the steering column?

[kilog55]

dont even know what it looks like to be able to tell you can you show me where and what to look for?, but i know it does start in D

[FORDification]

[kilog55]

def do not have that on my column/shaft

[fordman]

by twistign the wires together they have bypassed the nss. and now you wont have any backup lights unless you rig soemthing up or fix your wiring so that a nss can be installed.

[kilog55]

probly gonna have to rig something up cause like i said i have a turbo 400 trans and a 472 caddy under the hood.

[Thunderfoot]

Your engine/trans combo has nothing to do with the NSS and Reverse lights as it is all controlled by the Steering Column (originally) as Keith showed above... It is pretty common for the tang on the column that activates the switch to come off and then people just bypass them as yours is, which makes it start in any gear and have no reverse lights... If your steering column is not the stock one then this would also be why the stuff is not there for this...

IF your truck is not using the stock automatic column shifter and has a floor shifter, then you can get floor shifters with the switches in them and just run wires over to that connector under the dash and then everything will work as it should.

[kilog55]

it is a original ford steering column with the shift on the column somehow works with the caddy trans.

ill look it over though make sure its not on there but i know i didnt notice it. thanks

[kilog55]

it is a original ford steering column with the shift on the column somehow works with the caddy trans.

ill look it over though make sure its not on there but i know i didnt notice it. thanks

and no no NSS switch in place and see they run near 100 bucks sheesh