by donivan65 Tue Jun 11, 2019 5:05 pm
That 4 wire switch is the safety neutral and back up light switch on our primitive vans,,,,,unless some has,,,,,,,,,improvised,,,,,,over the past 50 years, purple wires are for the starter,,,,one gets its juice from the ignition switch when you turn key to START, if the switch sees that the trans is in Park or Neutral, it sends juice to the starter solenoid to crank the engine,,,,,,then the Light Green wires work the same way,,,,one has juice from the fuse and if the switch sees that the trans is in Reverse it sends that juice to the back up lights,,,,but it probably has to go through the connector behind the left rear tail light to get to the back up light wires,,,,,,so get a 12 volt test light or volt meter,,,,see if you get voltage with the key on at one of those light green wires at the switch connector,,,,if you do, jump the 2 light green wires together, that should turn on the back up lights,,,,,see what you find, then we can talk more,,,,,,also,,,is that switch hooked up with a little rod connected to the shift rod? does that van start in Drive or Low?