FuzzFace2 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Got my license plate bracket from eBay today. http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n92499/IMG_8516x.jpg http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n92499/IMG_8518.jpg That plate bracket is different than the one Ron? makes. I wonder if it is because he is making them with the tooling he has or that is how the one he copied was done? I looked for a picture of just the bracket but guess I did not take one And it installed on the truck is not a good one. Dave ---- ps: do you have the light for it? IIRC it is not only used on trucks but a few cars and they may have a black part and not silver but should not make any difference in our dase as it is not seen and they both work the same when installed. The colors where because when on cars you can see the light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Got my license plate bracket from eBay today. http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n92499/IMG_8516x.jpg http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n92499/IMG_8518.jpg That plate bracket is different than the one Ron? makes. I wonder if it is because he is making them with the tooling he has or that is how the one he copied was done? I looked for a picture of just the bracket but guess I did not take one And it installed on the truck is not a good one. Dave ---- ps: do you have the light for it? IIRC it is not only used on trucks but a few cars and they may have a black part and not silver but should not make any difference in our dase as it is not seen and they both work the same when installed. The colors where because when on cars you can see the light. Ron makes a Flareside bracket, this is a Styleside (bumper delete) bracket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Ron makes a Flareside bracket, this is a Styleside (bumper delete) bracket. So I guess they are different then? It looks to bolt up the same way so why 2 different brackets? Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Ron makes a Flareside bracket, this is a Styleside (bumper delete) bracket. So I guess they are different then? It looks to bolt up the same way so why 2 different brackets? Dave ---- Ask Ford??? Styleside trucks didn't have a ground in the harness where Flareside trucks do??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Ask Ford??? Styleside trucks didn't have a ground in the harness where Flareside trucks do??? IIRC the wiring dia. show a ground going all the way to the firewall on the later trucks, my 81 did not have this ground wire. Also rear bumpers were not a factory option it was dealer installed so it has to have a way to hook up a plate light. I checked my pictures, not to good, but the plate light does not look like it was part of the tail light harness. Here is the style side harness un-taped and I don't see the plate light connection. But look closer at the yellow connector by the left side hitch. That would be the plate light connection. Here is the harness I made for my flare side and that yellow connector would have been part of the flare side harness as I added the light end plugs to the style side harness. So with no factory rear bumper and the plate brackets added think from the factory there has to be a plate light connection some where. I don't have any pictures of the style side harness on the floor to know for sure. BTW here is the plate light harness I made for my flare side truck. So for the OP do you have a plate light connection on your truck? Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Ask Ford??? Styleside trucks didn't have a ground in the harness where Flareside trucks do??? IIRC the wiring dia. show a ground going all the way to the firewall on the later trucks, my 81 did not have this ground wire. Also rear bumpers were not a factory option it was dealer installed so it has to have a way to hook up a plate light. I checked my pictures, not to good, but the plate light does not look like it was part of the tail light harness. Here is the style side harness un-taped and I don't see the plate light connection. But look closer at the yellow connector by the left side hitch. That would be the plate light connection. Here is the harness I made for my flare side and that yellow connector would have been part of the flare side harness as I added the light end plugs to the style side harness. So with no factory rear bumper and the plate brackets added think from the factory there has to be a plate light connection some where. I don't have any pictures of the style side harness on the floor to know for sure. BTW here is the plate light harness I made for my flare side truck. So for the OP do you have a plate light connection on your truck? Dave ---- Had a brain fart The style side does have plate lights that fit the bumper. See the 2 little lights on the center of the harness, they fit the bumper. I wonder if they used 1 to fit the plate bracket lights as it is a 1/4 turn socket also. The other could have been taped up out of the way till a bumper was installed. That is my story and I am sticking to it Dave ---- just seen I have my plate bracket bolted in place so I knew just where the harness connections needed to be placed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyRay59 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 ps: do you have the light for it? IIRC it is not only used on trucks but a few cars and they may have a black part and not silver but should not make any difference in our dase as it is not seen and they both work the same when installed. The colors where because when on cars you can see the light. I don't have a light yet, but looking for one. The part number for it is D6TZ 13550-A. Here is the wiring diagram. I only see one wire on my truck, but looks like there should be two? Not sure. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 ps: do you have the light for it? IIRC it is not only used on trucks but a few cars and they may have a black part and not silver but should not make any difference in our dase as it is not seen and they both work the same when installed. The colors where because when on cars you can see the light. I don't have a light yet, but looking for one. The part number for it is D6TZ 13550-A. Here is the wiring diagram. I only see one wire on my truck, but looks like there should be two? Not sure. I did not find the light, but ran across this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-to-1979-Ford-Truck-License-plate-bracket-with-light-1974-1975-1976-1977/223501279307?hash=item3409b6e04b:g:j-EAAOSwsLBbDYkR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I did not find the light, but ran across this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-to-1979-Ford-Truck-License-plate-bracket-with-light-1974-1975-1976-1977/223501279307?hash=item3409b6e04b:g:j-EAAOSwsLBbDYkR That's not a bad price for a style side plate bracket with working light, to be used when no rear bumper is installed. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyRay59 Posted April 2, 2021 Author Share Posted April 2, 2021 I did not find the light, but ran across this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-to-1979-Ford-Truck-License-plate-bracket-with-light-1974-1975-1976-1977/223501279307?hash=item3409b6e04b:g:j-EAAOSwsLBbDYkR Thanks for the link. I bought an NOS bracket only, thinking I'd find an NOS light just as easily. That's a good deal, I should have gone used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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