Wiring fog lights '88 GT- HELP!

I recently bought an 88 GT Convertible. The previous owner had disconnected
the fog lights. On the drivers side, I can find 3 wires (two are orange
(ish) and one is black. The orange one that was cut flush has power when the
the headlights and fog light switches are switched on.
On the passenger side, I can find two wires ( 1 orange, 1 black) but neither
one has power when switches are on.

How do I wire a new set of fog lights - either OEM or after market? As much
detail as possible would go a long way.

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

"Jimmy" > wrote in
:

> I recently bought an 88 GT Convertible. The previous owner had
> disconnected the fog lights. On the drivers side, I can find 3 wires
> (two are orange (ish) and one is black. The orange one that was cut
> flush has power when the the headlights and fog light switches are
> switched on. On the passenger side, I can find two wires ( 1 orange, 1
> black) but neither one has power when switches are on.
>
> How do I wire a new set of fog lights - either OEM or after market? As
> much detail as possible would go a long way.
>
> Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

I too am the proud owner of an '88 GT Convertible I bought new. Actually, I
gave it to my daughter a few years ago. OK, according to the wiring diagram
in my Haynes manual for 1979-1992 Ford Mustangs and Mercury Capris, (you
should get one) the fog lights on 1997 and later models indeed have three
wires on the driver's side and two on the passenger side. The orange one on
the driver's side you found power at is, guess what, the power. BTW,
according to the manual, the orange wires are actually tan and orange, but
I'll just refer to them as orange here. The black wires on both the
driver's side and passenger side are grounds. The second orange wire on the
driver's side leads to the passenger side fog light and is the power lead
for that light. In other words, it should be connected to the first orange
wire on the driver's side. When someone cut the hot orange wire you found
on the driver's side, they must have disconnected it from the passenger
side orange wire. I would imagine you could splice the passenger orange
wire into the driver's hot orange wire anywhere along the line.

If you need any parts, these guys are pretty good:
http://johnsmustang.com/Catalog/2166/
There are lot of other Mustang parts specialists out there. Just Google
Mustange Parts.
It sounds like you will need the brackets which the lights mount into and
the connector. The light does not normally come with this. Here's a link to
one that looks like it does:
http://www.metropartsmarket.com/cata...c11_14337.html
Good luck.

I too own an 88GT, there was a TSB on the foglights for that model year.
The wiring going from the battery to the switch was to small a gauge. If
you ran the foglights for too long the wiring would heat up and cause the
circuit breaker to trip off. Nothing like driving down a country road in
the middle of the night and having everything go black. A common sense
workaround, assuming the wiring isn't fried already, is to wire in a
separate relay for the foglights and use the power line from the headlight
switch as the signal. That way you only have the load of the relay dragging
on the headlight switch instead of the lights themselves.


"akheel" > wrote in message
...
> "Jimmy" > wrote in
> :
>
> > I recently bought an 88 GT Convertible. The previous owner had
> > disconnected the fog lights. On the drivers side, I can find 3 wires
> > (two are orange (ish) and one is black. The orange one that was cut
> > flush has power when the the headlights and fog light switches are
> > switched on. On the passenger side, I can find two wires ( 1 orange, 1
> > black) but neither one has power when switches are on.
> >
> > How do I wire a new set of fog lights - either OEM or after market? As
> > much detail as possible would go a long way.
> >
> > Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
> I too am the proud owner of an '88 GT Convertible I bought new. Actually,
I
> gave it to my daughter a few years ago. OK, according to the wiring
diagram
> in my Haynes manual for 1979-1992 Ford Mustangs and Mercury Capris, (you
> should get one) the fog lights on 1997 and later models indeed have three
> wires on the driver's side and two on the passenger side. The orange one
on
> the driver's side you found power at is, guess what, the power. BTW,
> according to the manual, the orange wires are actually tan and orange, but
> I'll just refer to them as orange here. The black wires on both the
> driver's side and passenger side are grounds. The second orange wire on
the
> driver's side leads to the passenger side fog light and is the power lead
> for that light. In other words, it should be connected to the first orange
> wire on the driver's side. When someone cut the hot orange wire you found
> on the driver's side, they must have disconnected it from the passenger
> side orange wire. I would imagine you could splice the passenger orange
> wire into the driver's hot orange wire anywhere along the line.
>
> If you need any parts, these guys are pretty good:
> http://johnsmustang.com/Catalog/2166/
> There are lot of other Mustang parts specialists out there. Just Google
> Mustange Parts.
> It sounds like you will need the brackets which the lights mount into and
> the connector. The light does not normally come with this. Here's a link
to
> one that looks like it does:
> http://www.metropartsmarket.com/cata...c11_14337.html
> Good luck.

Thank you both for yoursuggestions. I will give it a try - I will get the
Haynes manual as well. Thanks guys!

"KEITH MCCUMBER" > wrote in message
...
> I too own an 88GT, there was a TSB on the foglights for that model year.
> The wiring going from the battery to the switch was to small a gauge. If
> you ran the foglights for too long the wiring would heat up and cause the
> circuit breaker to trip off. Nothing like driving down a country road in
> the middle of the night and having everything go black. A common sense
> workaround, assuming the wiring isn't fried already, is to wire in a
> separate relay for the foglights and use the power line from the headlight
> switch as the signal. That way you only have the load of the relay
dragging
> on the headlight switch instead of the lights themselves.
>
>
> "akheel" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "Jimmy" > wrote in
> > :
> >
> > > I recently bought an 88 GT Convertible. The previous owner had
> > > disconnected the fog lights. On the drivers side, I can find 3 wires
> > > (two are orange (ish) and one is black. The orange one that was cut
> > > flush has power when the the headlights and fog light switches are
> > > switched on. On the passenger side, I can find two wires ( 1 orange, 1
> > > black) but neither one has power when switches are on.
> > >
> > > How do I wire a new set of fog lights - either OEM or after market? As
> > > much detail as possible would go a long way.
> > >
> > > Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I too am the proud owner of an '88 GT Convertible I bought new.
Actually,
> I
> > gave it to my daughter a few years ago. OK, according to the wiring
> diagram
> > in my Haynes manual for 1979-1992 Ford Mustangs and Mercury Capris, (you
> > should get one) the fog lights on 1997 and later models indeed have
three
> > wires on the driver's side and two on the passenger side. The orange one
> on
> > the driver's side you found power at is, guess what, the power. BTW,
> > according to the manual, the orange wires are actually tan and orange,
but
> > I'll just refer to them as orange here. The black wires on both the
> > driver's side and passenger side are grounds. The second orange wire on
> the
> > driver's side leads to the passenger side fog light and is the power
lead
> > for that light. In other words, it should be connected to the first
orange
> > wire on the driver's side. When someone cut the hot orange wire you
found
> > on the driver's side, they must have disconnected it from the passenger
> > side orange wire. I would imagine you could splice the passenger orange
> > wire into the driver's hot orange wire anywhere along the line.
> >
> > If you need any parts, these guys are pretty good:
> > http://johnsmustang.com/Catalog/2166/
> > There are lot of other Mustang parts specialists out there. Just Google
> > Mustange Parts.
> > It sounds like you will need the brackets which the lights mount into
and
> > the connector. The light does not normally come with this. Here's a link
> to
> > one that looks like it does:
> >
http://www.metropartsmarket.com/cata...c11_14337.html
> > Good luck.
>
>