What is this Sensor on the gearbox please.

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What is this Sensor on the gearbox please.

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Found two bare wires which had been tucked up on top of the gearbox.
They are attached to a sensor of some sort on the gearbox.
Can anyone please enlighten me?
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Reverse light switch?
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just checked my reverse lights

NOTHING!!!

Blikskottel they were working when I changed my rear light clusters last year!

How the hec did that happen I wonder??

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There should also be one on the X-fer box that lights up a "4WD" indicator on the dash when the box is engaged.
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It looks like they were snapped of. Maybe a stick while driving in the bush
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Must have been a while ago...it has grown hair!! :laugh2:
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I wonder if a fellow SFA Owner wouldn't mind looking to see where those wires are supposed to and if there is a clip on the end of the wires.

Pretty pleeeeaase??


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The wires go into the cab in the middle of the tunnel in front of the gear lever, so badically under the radio they go through the floor.
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Hope it helps
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That's AWESOME thanks!

I shall check Dadz over the weekend and see if I can't hook up the wires again.

Thanks a million !


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