Paul if you put your cursor on the picture it says Perth Australia and also gives you my age.

Ian -Where are you located?.  It would be nice for all the members to list where they live in their signature.


54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

When I say $50 minimum, that's the postage.

The electrical Manual is listed on pg.27 of the CASCO catalog.
While you are browsing the pdf of the catalog take a look at pgs.49-51. There are a couple of diagrams that list the Harnesses. One is the 14405C that Paul mentioned earlier.
Also listed are rear lenses with the white lens for the backup light itself if you have not sourced them locally.
Review that page I posted earlier as that is from the Electrical Manual. Wiring Color Codes are on the lower left.
There may be enough there to get you above your $50 breakpoint.
An email to them may help clarify just what harnesses you need.

Jim
Norfolk, VA

"MABLE"
1956 Thunderbird Green / Brown Interior (ZE-XG)

"MEAN GREEN"
1956 Mainline (FG-BE)

Thanks Paul.
Yes, the manual is on the list. Unfortunately I didn't think to get one when I was there. The freight kills us to get stuff sent here as it is about $50 minimum or much more depending on the size so I wait until there are enough things to put into a package to make it worth while.

The wires to the back up lights are black with a red tracer all the way back per the Electrical Equipment Installation Manual.  As mentioned before, you should get this manual as it will answer all your questions. Since there are no wires going to the front and to the rear, the car must have come from the factory without back up lights.





54 Victoria 312;  48 Ford Conv 302, 56 Bird 312
Forever Ford
Midland Park, NJ

Good news.
I've had my seat out and carpet up to see what was there. The two tails shown in the diagram are the two sides of the switch and it is working well. There is no wiring otherwise to power it so a power wire needs to be run from the dash as well. Interestingly when I checked the switch at the plugs I got a 2ohm resistance reading but when I connected up a test light as a load and checked it there was no voltage drop indicated so it all looks good.
I was wondering could anyone tell me what the original backup light wire colour was so that if possible I can keep with the original colours from the factory?

There are only three wires running into the trunk, no extras for back up lights. Interesting the drawing shows two plugs for backup lights when only one should be needed. From the diagrams you posted and the way it is written I wonder if there is even any wiring coming from the dash area back to the shifter for the backup lights. I guess I will find out what is there when I eventually get around to lifting the carpet.
 My car only starts in neutral but it sounds like those extra two terminals maybe to for starting in park as well. If that was the case there should be two jumper wires but I can only see one from underneath the car. I notice the Tbird suppliers sell a neutral only and at extra cost a park/neutral safety switch.
Thanks for the help. I think it is all starting to make sense now.

There can be six wires coming out IF that mod has been done.
The plastic insert is taken out of the metal housing and two other contacts are added in the P position to allow it to start there.
The (6) would then be 2 for P start, 2 for Back up lights(R) and 2 for N start.
The new P start wires are then spliced into the existing Blue-Red wires to allow it to start in P.
Do you have connectors in the tail light wiring harness at the end that are not used?
Are there connectors in the harness or are your two extra wires from the R position on the switch connected to the Black-Red wires that go back to the tail lights? That is where the power should be coming from and will light the back up lights when the switch is in R and be passed back to the back up lights.
Tail light and License light wires are "probably" Black with no Red band.


Jim
Norfolk, VA

"MABLE"
1956 Thunderbird Green / Brown Interior (ZE-XG)

"MEAN GREEN"
1956 Mainline (FG-BE)

Does it start in both N and P?
Perhaps someone was trying to get it to start in P also.
That is a mod that is fairly common.
It is confusing.


Jim
Norfolk, VA

"MABLE"
1956 Thunderbird Green / Brown Interior (ZE-XG)

"MEAN GREEN"
1956 Mainline (FG-BE)