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**Already Gone** · 09-02-2008, 03:47 AM

Can someone post a picture of the cargo light switch inside your cab. I've never been close enough to a truck with a cargo light so I could see where the switch is. I am hoping it is attached to the interior light and you attach the wires to the interior light wires. I want to put a cargo light on my truck now that I learned to cut metal with my Dremel Tool the other day.

Sport/Truck · 09-02-2008, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Already Gone

Can someone post a picture of the cargo light switch inside your cab. I've never been close enough to a truck with a cargo light so I could see where the switch is. I am hoping it is attached to the interior light and you attach the wires to the interior light wires. I want to put a cargo light on my truck now that I learned to cut metal with my Dremel Tool the other day.

I'm not positive, but isn't it connected to the the light switch? It's supposed to come on with the inside lights.
s/t

Longhorn Man · 09-02-2008, 08:08 AM

i don't have a photo... it is mounted about 1 to 2onmches below the cab dome lamp.

eightbanger · 09-02-2008, 08:55 AM

Here ya go....

463 · 09-02-2008, 01:37 PM

Greg: if by chance you need a nap when you get the cargo/Bed light installed you will have to order the ultra rare option remote chain (on-off pull chain) and a pillow.

thinking the RPO code is ZZZ-ZZZ good luck

**Already Gone** · 09-02-2008, 03:30 PM

Thanks for the info guys. Anyone know how its wired?

BobS · 09-02-2008, 05:38 PM

I think the 67-72 Assembly Manual has a few pages with measurements for cutting the holes and how the wiring harness connects. IIRC the wiring harness connects in place of the domelight harness on the fuse box and then the dome light harness connects into the cargo light harness? Sorry, it's been a few years since I put one in.

Bob

jef5150 · 09-02-2008, 06:09 PM

for the dome light
orange and white wire
they are on the drivers side floor under kick plate/carpet,
then they run up the pillar to the dome light.

Are you using 1 from parts truck or are you going aftermarket?

heres factory wiring

jeff

09-02-2008, 03:47 AM	#1
Already Gone 70+ ( Old Skool Club ) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ,Canada Posts: 9,109	Cargo Light Question Can someone post a picture of the cargo light switch inside your cab. I've never been close enough to a truck with a cargo light so I could see where the switch is. I am hoping it is attached to the interior light and you attach the wires to the interior light wires. I want to put a cargo light on my truck now that I learned to cut metal with my Dremel Tool the other day. __________________ 1972 C10 Custom/Deluxe 613 Highlander 406/700R4 1999 White Tahoe LS 4x2 with Z56 Police Package 1992 K1500 GMC Suburban Members I have personally met: MusicMan70 - HeavyD - ChewyChevy67 - StingRay -71SWB4x4 - 67 Burb - DeadheadNM - too much stuff - bc65 - das601 " Circumsatances Do Not Change Responsibility " " The Sky is not the Limit, Your Mind is." Marilyn Monroe .. RIP Charlie Watts 1941 - 2021

09-02-2008, 08:08 AM	#3
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,693	Re: Cargo Light Question i don't have a photo... it is mounted about 1 to 2onmches below the cab dome lamp.

09-02-2008, 08:55 AM	#4
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Cargo Light Question Here ya go.... __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

09-02-2008, 01:37 PM	#5
463 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sask Canada Posts: 1,666	Re: Cargo Light Question Greg: if by chance you need a nap when you get the cargo/Bed light installed you will have to order the ultra rare option remote chain (on-off pull chain) and a pillow. thinking the RPO code is ZZZ-ZZZ good luck __________________ Trueman

09-02-2008, 03:30 PM	#6
Already Gone 70+ ( Old Skool Club ) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ,Canada Posts: 9,109	Re: Cargo Light Question Thanks for the info guys. Anyone know how its wired? __________________ 1972 C10 Custom/Deluxe 613 Highlander 406/700R4 1999 White Tahoe LS 4x2 with Z56 Police Package 1992 K1500 GMC Suburban Members I have personally met: MusicMan70 - HeavyD - ChewyChevy67 - StingRay -71SWB4x4 - 67 Burb - DeadheadNM - too much stuff - bc65 - das601 " Circumsatances Do Not Change Responsibility " " The Sky is not the Limit, Your Mind is." Marilyn Monroe .. RIP Charlie Watts 1941 - 2021

09-02-2008, 05:38 PM	#7
BobS Senior Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: West Central Minnesota Posts: 568	Re: Cargo Light Question I think the 67-72 Assembly Manual has a few pages with measurements for cutting the holes and how the wiring harness connects. IIRC the wiring harness connects in place of the domelight harness on the fuse box and then the dome light harness connects into the cargo light harness? Sorry, it's been a few years since I put one in. Bob __________________ V-6....only GMC Trucks have it! 62 GMC W5000 NAPCO-V6 65 GMC 2500 NAPCO Panel-V6 66 GMC 1000-V6 66 GMC 1500-V6 67 GMC K1500-SBC (originally a KM-V6) 68 GMC C1500-V6 68 GMC C1500-V6 68 GMC Suburban C2500 70 Chevy K20-SBC 71 Chevy C30 Longhorn-SBC 72 GMC Suburban C1500-BBC 72 Chevy C10-SBC 72 GMC C5500-ToroFlow Diesel

09-02-2008, 06:09 PM	#8
jef5150 Inline 69 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: valleysprings,california Posts: 1,018	Re: Cargo Light Question for the dome light orange and white wire they are on the drivers side floor under kick plate/carpet, then they run up the pillar to the dome light. Are you using 1 from parts truck or are you going aftermarket? heres factory wiring jeff Attached Images



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