While we're on the subject of backup light switches, I was attempting t
track down difficulties with mine yesterday. I have an '89 Cabriole
with the manual transmission, though, and at times it seems to be
"kit" with few clues (due to a previous owner...). The backup ligh
switch connector I found upon the transaxle appears to have four mal
prongs in a row though after seeing a photograph on the carpartstog
site, I shall have to take a look at it and see if there may be a fift
prong arranged by itself. According to the part listing upon th
carpartstogo site, this would indicate that it is an upshift indicatin
switch even though there is nothing in the instrument cluster that lead
me to believe that the car has had an upshift indicator and there ar
only two wires (with no white nylon plastic plug housing, only femal
spade terminals that appear original and possibly once housed in
plug) that I have found leaving the wire bundle under the hood. Th
pair of wires I found and tested are definitely the backup lights, a
well. As far as I know, neither the instrument cluster nor th
engine/transaxle have been swapped out (but we know what assumption
cause, eh?) but the combination does seem odd. To make a long story
bit shorter, here are my questions: Is it possible to connect th
backup lights to two of the prongs (I'm not worried about having a
upshift indicator in the least) and, if so, which ones would apply?
And, if this is not a solution, is it possible (or practical) t
convert it to the two-prong switch? I suppose I could always connect
toggle switch to the two wires and post a "preflight checklist" on th
dash, eh? ;-) (chuckle) Thanks in advance for any help! (By the way
I just went out and looked further at it and it is the five-prong
L-shaped switch.

--
Johnnie

There are apparently 2 types of backup light switches for manual
transmission Cabbies. One is the L-shaped one you mentioned. There is
another one that is cylindrical in shape, has external threads on it, and is
referred to as the "screw-in" type. I've seen the 2 types in several online
Cabbie catalogs.

"Johnnie" <Johnnie.1o23ek (AT) news (DOT) autobanter.com> wrote