Trucks with roof lights??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Luis_gz06 · 04-02-2007, 08:59 PM

Where does the wiring originally go on trucks equipped with cab roof lights??
Like where is it connected to?

Thanks, Luis.

72armyswbtruck · 04-02-2007, 09:15 PM

If I remember correctly it plugs into the inside dome light wiring. Ask Longhornman.

bad_turbo · 04-02-2007, 09:17 PM

yah, Longhornman knows everything, or so it would seem

BurnoutNova · 04-02-2007, 09:23 PM

it goes from the cablights to the rear left of the cab, runs down the panel and goes along the gas tank sending unit wiring. it the goes by the rocker panel, then up the kick panel to the headlight switch

72armyswbtruck · 04-02-2007, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurnoutNova

it goes from the cablights to the rear left of the cab, runs down the panel and goes along the gas tank sending unit wiring. it the goes by the rocker panel, then up the kick panel to the headlight switch

That's exactly what I was going to say but couldn't duhhh think how to explain it

**CPNE** · 04-02-2007, 10:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Luis_gz06

Where does the wiring originally go on trucks equipped with cab roof lights??
Like where is it connected to?

Thanks, Luis.

I understand your question to refer to roof marker lights, not the inside cab dome light. If my interpretation is correct, the wiring runs thru the LH front windshield pillar, and attaches to a terminal connector on the headlight switch.

If my interpretation is wrong, you already got your answer above.

Longhorn Man · 04-02-2007, 10:33 PM

CPNE is right, if it is the clearance lamps we're talking about.

BurnoutNova · 04-02-2007, 10:44 PM

maybe there not original to my truck, but my cab clearance lights run toward the back of the truck, where the gas tank sending unit wiring is at

Longhorn Man · 04-02-2007, 11:03 PM

I don't even see how that is possible. There is a pinchweld that seperates theroof panel from the back wall panel, I've tried running wires through there and I never found a place to pass them through.
As original, it is just as CPNE said.

Luis_gz06 · 04-02-2007, 11:20 PM

Yeah I was talking about the roof marker lights. Its a 70 chevy longhorn truck. Those lights are exactly like Longhorn Man has in his Avatar pic!!!!

Americanrider · 04-02-2007, 11:37 PM

I cut up a 71 C30 last summer and the cab marker light harness ran down the front drivers post & under the dash.

LonghornJeff · 04-02-2007, 11:44 PM

are we talking factory or D.S.O.M wiring?

Luis_gz06 · 04-03-2007, 12:51 AM

Factory!

BurnoutNova · 04-03-2007, 04:01 AM

tomorrow im gonna go take pictures

Longhorn Man · 04-03-2007, 04:02 PM

Jeff, there's only a hand full of ppl who know what DSOM stands for!!!
DSOM was the Dope Smokin Old Man who used to own, and bastardized my old 69 SWB GMC.

stsalvage · 04-03-2007, 08:07 PM

here are my factory roof lights on my 1968 longorn

69-350 · 04-04-2007, 12:58 AM

the wiring should run, for your cab lights, straight down from them and across the top, by your windshield, and come down the driver's A-pillar to your headlight switch.

If you had a cargo light, those wires run down the back and across the driver's side B-pillar, straight down to the floor, and across with your fuel wiring, to your swtich. These wires are really fun to run, too. Not really, I had to improvise with some electrical tape and metal wire, and it took me some time to run them. Maybe there's an easier way?

stllookn · 04-04-2007, 02:37 AM

stsalvage...nice Longhorn...what was the original color on that thing? I'm kind of partial to the '68 Longhorns...LOL!

Luis_gz06 · 04-05-2007, 06:58 PM

Well here are the pics of mine with the rooflights!!

Luis_gz06 · 04-05-2007, 06:58 PM

Last one

Longhorn Man · 04-05-2007, 08:46 PM

those are the later 1971 - 1991 style.
On an unrelated note, I've only seen a few 69/70 trucks painted like that with the white on the bottom instead of in the middle. I think they were also CST trucks too like yours.

04-02-2007, 08:59 PM	#1
Luis_gz06 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,378	Trucks with roof lights??? Where does the wiring originally go on trucks equipped with cab roof lights?? Like where is it connected to? Thanks, Luis.

04-02-2007, 09:15 PM	#2
72armyswbtruck Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Idaho Posts: 4,033	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? If I remember correctly it plugs into the inside dome light wiring. Ask Longhornman. __________________ "Remember, They can Kill You, but they can't eat You, That's against the law!!!!!!!!!"

04-02-2007, 09:17 PM	#3
bad_turbo turbo enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: carmichael, ca. Posts: 1,826	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? yah, Longhornman knows everything, or so it would seem __________________ "But daddy, I didn't hit them all with a stick"...what my 6 year old tells me when I pick him up from school early for fighting "

04-02-2007, 09:23 PM	#4
BurnoutNova Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,057	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? it goes from the cablights to the rear left of the cab, runs down the panel and goes along the gas tank sending unit wiring. it the goes by the rocker panel, then up the kick panel to the headlight switch

04-02-2007, 10:33 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? CPNE is right, if it is the clearance lamps we're talking about.

04-02-2007, 10:44 PM	#8
BurnoutNova Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,057	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? maybe there not original to my truck, but my cab clearance lights run toward the back of the truck, where the gas tank sending unit wiring is at

04-02-2007, 11:03 PM	#9
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? I don't even see how that is possible. There is a pinchweld that seperates theroof panel from the back wall panel, I've tried running wires through there and I never found a place to pass them through. As original, it is just as CPNE said.

04-02-2007, 11:20 PM	#10
Luis_gz06 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,378	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? Yeah I was talking about the roof marker lights. Its a 70 chevy longhorn truck. Those lights are exactly like Longhorn Man has in his Avatar pic!!!!

04-02-2007, 11:37 PM	#11
Americanrider Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: NW, WA. Posts: 1,421	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? I cut up a 71 C30 last summer and the cab marker light harness ran down the front drivers post & under the dash.

04-02-2007, 11:44 PM	#12
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04-03-2007, 12:51 AM	#13
Luis_gz06 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,378	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? Factory!

04-03-2007, 04:01 AM	#14
BurnoutNova Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,057	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? tomorrow im gonna go take pictures

04-03-2007, 04:02 PM	#15
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? Jeff, there's only a hand full of ppl who know what DSOM stands for!!! DSOM was the Dope Smokin Old Man who used to own, and bastardized my old 69 SWB GMC.

04-03-2007, 08:07 PM	#16
stsalvage Scrapper 1 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Riverside Calif Posts: 1,649	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? here are my factory roof lights on my 1968 longorn Attached Images

04-04-2007, 12:58 AM	#17
69-350 Oil trash and damn proud of it Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Williston, ND Posts: 1,993	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? the wiring should run, for your cab lights, straight down from them and across the top, by your windshield, and come down the driver's A-pillar to your headlight switch. If you had a cargo light, those wires run down the back and across the driver's side B-pillar, straight down to the floor, and across with your fuel wiring, to your swtich. These wires are really fun to run, too. Not really, I had to improvise with some electrical tape and metal wire, and it took me some time to run them. Maybe there's an easier way? __________________ Mark 1997 K1500 Z71, 14 bolt SF 3.73 posi, Bright Blue Metallic. 6" Superlift 1972 C-10, toolbox, p/s, 350/TH350/3.73 open, black int., bronze 2008 Dodge MegaCab. H&S tuned 6.7 Cummins. Fast Four Tons Some of my pics http://s107.photobucket.com/albums/m294/69-350/



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04-04-2007, 02:37 AM	#18
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? stsalvage...nice Longhorn...what was the original color on that thing? I'm kind of partial to the '68 Longhorns...LOL! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

04-05-2007, 06:58 PM	#19
Luis_gz06 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,378	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? Well here are the pics of mine with the rooflights!! Attached Images

04-05-2007, 06:58 PM	#20
Luis_gz06 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,378	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? Last one Attached Images

04-05-2007, 08:46 PM	#21
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Trucks with roof lights??? those are the later 1971 - 1991 style. On an unrelated note, I've only seen a few 69/70 trucks painted like that with the white on the bottom instead of in the middle. I think they were also CST trucks too like yours.

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