CamaroKid89RS

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I am trying to wire up my Lt1. I have a custom harness from Ron Francis wiring that has a p/n relay and the entire harness has directions. I have everything figured out except this one wire pretty much. The relay has 5 wires on it, two that go to the park/neutral switch, one to the computer, one which I spliced into the purple wire that goes to the starter solenoid, and a blue wire that I haven't spliced in yet. I'll quote the directions:

"....The blue wire must be connected to the 12 volt supply from the ignition switch. This wire becomes hot (12 volts) when you turn the key to crank.
The purple wire is connected to the wire that runs to the starter solenoid...."

My question is where do I splice the blue wire into? I understand the directions, but I can't turn the key and just find the one with voltage to it because I don't have a battery or it hooked up to a battery yet. Basically what wire (color and general location) only has 12 volts to it when the key is in crank and no other position?

Trickster

The dark blue wire goes from the turn/back-up fuse to the turn signal flasher to pin "C" of the park/neutral switch.

CamaroKid89RS

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So just to clarify this isn't for the backup lights?

Trickster

Yes, it is for the back-up lights. Sorry forgot to mention that since you just wanted to know where the wires went.

CamaroKid89RS

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"....The blue wire must be connected to the 12 volt supply from the ignition switch. This wire becomes hot (12 volts) when you turn the key to crank.
The purple wire is connected to the wire that runs to the starter solenoid...."


What is the blue wire in the directions referring to then? I already have the backup lights wired up. My shifter isn't a stock one, it's a b&m megashifter and my car was a manual before so I kinda made my own wiring for the switch. One is wired into the backup lights, one is wired to a ground, one is wired to the p/n relay, and crap, I can't remember where I wired the other one, but it was to whatever b&m's directions were for the shifter. This wire that I don't have hooked up isn't dark blue, it's light blue and it's 12 ga wire i believe. Also the purple wire and the lt blue wire were on the same connector until I cut it. I cut it because I didn't have the same type of p/n switch that the connector was made for.

Trickster

The blue wire doesn't matter if it is light blue or dark blue. It gets its 12 volts + from the turn/back-up fuse which is hot in run from the ignition switch. The purple wire and the blue wire were supposed to be on the same connector for the stock park/neutral switch. Being as how you didn't mention that you originally had a manual and then swapped to a B & M shifter. I had no way of knowing what you had other than the fact that it was an automatic with the park/neutral switch.