Did all Eaton Fuller 13 Speeds come with a reverse switch

Technically the cargo/work lights are all you need as "backup lights". I've never gotten a ticket for lack of a backup light on my tail light cluster. Any time it's been questioned I turned on the work lights and everyone was happy with it. The way the regulation reads it's good enough.

 

http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/regulations/title49/section/393.11

read footnote 14.

Could depend on the DOT officer but it doesn't say it must be automatically actuated. It doesn't say when the shifter is placed in reverse either. Compared to the brake lamp footnote which says specifically on brake application.

 

If the back/up bulb is there it must work, if there was no bulb install in the hole then it should not be a problem as long as the light on the rear of chain rack are working?

 

Take the screws out around the shifter boot and pull the boot up. You should be able to see the top cover relatively easily and there is usually enough room to reach your hand in and get a test lead on the switch.

 

I assumed you had work lights on the back of your sleeper as I have never seen a modern truck that didn't. If you have a light somewhere and it doesn't work that's a ticket. You could pull the backup light out of it's socket and leave an empty hole there to avoid a light out ticket and use your work light is your backup light. You better have a clear lens in that work light though. If it is red, purple, or has one of those blue dots in the center it's not a clear backup light.

My truck doesn't even have a place for the backup light in the tail light panel although the wiring for it is behind the panel in the harness. I have no intention of putting one on there when my spot lights on the back of the sleeper can serve the exact same purpose. You can do it the lazy, half assed way like that or you can fix your already existing backup light. Northernmechanic is guiding you how to fix what you already have.

 

I have had several reman transmissions that were missing the pin under the switch. You have to take the one out of the old trans. You may find that they put the switch in and hooked it up, but there is no pin under the switch to activate it.