My reverse lights won't light up when the car is in reverse.

I'm not sure where the backdrive is, I am told it is located on the
steering column somewhere.There are 3 switches that I can see from
under the steering column under the drivers side of the dash: one near
the clutch, one over the brake, and one on the top of the steering
column near the firewall.

They all have 2 plugs sticking out and wiring harnesses attached to
these plugs. I'm not sure if the plugs that are plugged in are the
right ones, because previous owner screwed around quite a bit under
the dash. What color wires are supposed to be connected to each
switch?
I think this may be the problem, because when I hit the brake,
the instrument cluster lights will turn on, along with the running
lights in the front and back, as if I had switched them on by the
headlight knob.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated, Spring is here and
I'm itchin to register this thing...

"80 Z-28 work" <Bashton331 (AT) aol (DOT) com> wrote

clearly presented.]] The 2 wires to the "back-up-light-switch" are dark
blue and light green. This switch *should (*IIRC) be mounted on the
steering column. The brake-light switch *should (*IIRC) be mounted on the
brake linkage and the 2 wires should be orange and light blue. The
neutral-safety switch *should (*IIRC) be mounted on the steering column and
the wires should be purple and yellow--AND the purple wire, at least, should
be a quite heavy wire, like approx.12-gauge. HTH & good luck. s
(Compliments of mod/vintage.)
##Appendix: should you be working with a floor-shift, the N-Safety and
the B-U-Lt switches may be on the floor-shifter in the console--but look for
same colors.##