dummy/fake side marker lights? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

rscam · 05-10-2008, 12:28 AM

I am probably the last person to know this but. I put may markers in my 69 GMC and can't find a harness for the front or rear. I looked at a wiring diagram and it shows a separate harness from the main one under the hood that goes to the bulk head. So I said I will just go to the junkyard and find one on a truck. I found a 68 and looked at the back of the light because I couldn'y find the harness on that truck either. I figured I could start at the light and go backwark till I saw where it went thru the firewall. But the light has no bulb or no hole for a buld. So they are fake. Just reflectors. Would mine have had fake ones also?

Sinister · 05-10-2008, 12:35 AM

Maybe, both my old '72 and my current '69 just had the "fake" markers...

68caliRat · 05-10-2008, 01:17 AM

Mine had the fake markers too. not even a hint of the harness for them.

**El Jay** · 05-10-2008, 01:40 AM

When I bought my '69, the PO had taken the reflectors off.
A friend of mine noticed the "empty" spaces and donated a set of marker lenses.

It now looks like it has markers, even though it don't.

tcb-1 · 05-10-2008, 01:54 AM

'69's were not required by law to have functional marker lights..... I believe 70 and up were required. However, you can splice into front and rear blinker harness and install a two wire light socket. done and done.

Longhorn Man · 05-10-2008, 03:56 AM

68 and 69 would be optional on pickups cab/chassis with daul rear wheels were required toahve them.
in 70 they were required.

jayharrell · 05-10-2008, 05:22 AM

My 69 front markers wern't wired up, but the rear are. Wierd

But there is a gromit on the fire wall for the front markers that tie into the headlight switch. Search for a wiring diagram and it'll show you exactly where it hooks up. There is a connector with no wire on the plug of the head light switch for the front marker.

I think the rear are tied into the brake lights. I havn't made it to the rear on me rebuild yet, so i'm not sure.

Longhorn Man · 05-10-2008, 05:53 AM

On all models wired with markers, the rear are on the parking lamp circuit... brown wire.
Up front, some were wired the same as the rear, others were wired to blink with the directionals

bigblockV6 · 05-10-2008, 10:50 PM

I made the dummy side marker light functional on my 68

. There is a spot on inside where you can punch a hole through and stick in light socket. I spliced the front side marker wiring to the parlamps and grounded them to the turn signal that way yoou get a blinking side marker light when applying the turn signal switch just like the factory does. The rear splice into the tailamps.

68jimmy · 05-11-2008, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigblockV6

I made the dummy side marker light functional on my 68

. There is a spot on inside where you can punch a hole through and stick in light socket. I spliced the front side marker wiring to the parlamps and grounded them to the turn signal that way yoou get a blinking side marker light when applying the turn signal switch just like the factory does. The rear splice into the tailamps.

This is what I did with my 68 as well when I added functional markers. Great upgrade!

05-10-2008, 12:28 AM	#1
rscam Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Monroe,Georgia Posts: 313	dummy/fake side marker lights? I am probably the last person to know this but. I put may markers in my 69 GMC and can't find a harness for the front or rear. I looked at a wiring diagram and it shows a separate harness from the main one under the hood that goes to the bulk head. So I said I will just go to the junkyard and find one on a truck. I found a 68 and looked at the back of the light because I couldn'y find the harness on that truck either. I figured I could start at the light and go backwark till I saw where it went thru the firewall. But the light has no bulb or no hole for a buld. So they are fake. Just reflectors. Would mine have had fake ones also?

05-10-2008, 12:35 AM	#2
Sinister Between Trucks... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA. Posts: 3,830	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? Maybe, both my old '72 and my current '69 just had the "fake" markers... __________________ Beat it to fit, Paint it to match...

05-10-2008, 01:17 AM	#3
68caliRat Need a bigger hammer.. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Escondido,CA. Posts: 280	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? Mine had the fake markers too. not even a hint of the harness for them. __________________ 1968 GMC 3/4 LWB fleetside Custom Camper 2018 Silverado High Country 2500HD Duramax 4X4

05-10-2008, 01:40 AM	#4
El Jay Gone to greener pastures Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gateway to the Delta Posts: 7,354	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? When I bought my '69, the PO had taken the reflectors off. A friend of mine noticed the "empty" spaces and donated a set of marker lenses. It now looks like it has markers, even though it don't. __________________ '69 Chevy 1/2 T LWB Stepper: Daily Beater '72 GMC 3/4 T Fleet: Another Daily Beater '72 Plymouth Gran Coupe: ? "Ah women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche "Never kick a fresh turd on a hot day." Harry S. Truman GUN CONTROL: Never having to say, "I missed you." Always fire two warning shots into your attacker's chest area before putting a bullet between his eyes. Paraphrased from Louis Awerbuck

05-10-2008, 01:54 AM	#5
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? '69's were not required by law to have functional marker lights..... I believe 70 and up were required. However, you can splice into front and rear blinker harness and install a two wire light socket. done and done. __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson Last edited by tcb-1; 05-10-2008 at 05:27 AM.

05-10-2008, 03:56 AM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? 68 and 69 would be optional on pickups cab/chassis with daul rear wheels were required toahve them. in 70 they were required.

05-10-2008, 05:22 AM	#7
jayharrell Gettin By on Gettin By Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar Creek, Tx Posts: 1,033	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? My 69 front markers wern't wired up, but the rear are. Wierd But there is a gromit on the fire wall for the front markers that tie into the headlight switch. Search for a wiring diagram and it'll show you exactly where it hooks up. There is a connector with no wire on the plug of the head light switch for the front marker. I think the rear are tied into the brake lights. I havn't made it to the rear on me rebuild yet, so i'm not sure. __________________ 69 CST10 LWB 455 Buick 00 S10 2.2 Vin5 76 GL1000 Naked 1bl VW carb "Adios to all the concrete; Gonna get me some dirt road back streets"

05-10-2008, 05:53 AM	#8
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? On all models wired with markers, the rear are on the parking lamp circuit... brown wire. Up front, some were wired the same as the rear, others were wired to blink with the directionals

05-10-2008, 10:50 PM	#9
bigblockV6 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Rohnert Park, California Posts: 31	Re: dummy/fake side marker lights? I made the dummy side marker light functional on my 68. There is a spot on inside where you can punch a hole through and stick in light socket. I spliced the front side marker wiring to the parlamps and grounded them to the turn signal that way yoou get a blinking side marker light when applying the turn signal switch just like the factory does. The rear splice into the tailamps.



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