1972 Maverick sport lights stay on

just put in my wire harness but my sport lights won’t come off they stay on no matter what I do and my switch doesn’t work to take them off either. Thanks

 

Sounds like you may have a wiring problem.

 

Sounds like the factory relay might have gone bad and is staying in the on position.

 

I dont believe there is a relay for the sport lights, just power to switch and then to sport lights . Switch could be bad or the wiring has been changed at one time or another

 

Could it be that I got a open wire some were

 

How can I detect the wire or wires that are bad ? And all my other lights work head lights turning signal break light etc

 

You need to have a 12 volt test light at the least and start at the sport light switch and see if when you turn it on/off it makes any difference, if the test light lamp stays lit no matter what the switch position is in then more than likely the switch is bad. You can unplug the sport light switch and if they dont turn off then you need trace wires from the sport lights to wiring harness plug on fire wall

You say you just put in your wiring harness in could you explain more as to the reason for install

 

Yes....there is a relay for sport lamps. 1972 for sure. Maybe 1971 as well. It is located behind the drivers front kick panel.

 

A 71 I worked on awhile back had the relay but it was a later year model. My 72 for sure had it.

 

I stand corrected, it has been awhile since I dealt with a car that had sport lights but now that it is brought up about the location I remember. Good place to start looking

 

I gutted it out to put an AC and new dash

 

Is this what you're talking about?

 

Does any one have a picture of how the relay looks like ??