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I want fog lights in my 1995 Ford Contour GL.... it Appears to have the wiring for the fog lights (the wires are close to the holes) However, i did have a bulb for it, plugged it in, and pulled my switch out (my switch does pull out) but the light didnt go on... (and my light switch turns all 360 degrees... i dont think its good...) Questions now are:
1. Wheres the damn relay go?
2. What does the connection part of the switch look like, i have all 15 pins EXCEPT 6, 8, and 10
That is all for now...
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I've been asking about where that relay goes for a long time and nobody has given an answer that I saw
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would the owners manual say where the relay is for the lights? i would assume its somewhere in the engine fuse box
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Could the fogs be spliced into the parking lights, utilizing the existing headlight switch? Or would this be too much of a draw on somethingy/wiring/switchypoo/electricality?? Will I blow something up 
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Last diagram I saw, the relay was a separate unit that is under the dash behind the headlight switch somewhere. If your switch is rotating 360, get another one. The wires on the switch harness that you need are two of the three that run across the middle of the switch. You can verify this by removing the switch, placing your Ohm meter across two of the center leads in the switch, & pulling the switch out to turn on the fog lights. Resistance will go from infinate to near 0 when you find the right two leads (usually the two on the inboard side). I added fog lights to my Contour. I bought a factory switch, factory lights, facotry plugs yanked from a junked 'Tour. I bought an aftermarket kit & used the wiring, relay from the kit & hooked everything up. Works great & I have spare aftermarket lights. Think I'll use them for rear fog lights, like on the Pontiacs. Just kidding about the rear foggies! But those Pontiacs look kinda goofy with those huge backup lights. 
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took my switch apart.... 2 plastic connectors broke, the 2 pins in the middle are for the light inside the switch... need a new switch then
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Originally posted by SVZETEC:
Could the fogs be spliced into the parking lights, utilizing the existing headlight switch? Or would this be too much of a draw on somethingy/wiring/switchypoo/electricality?? Will I blow something up
I would like to know this two... is this possible?
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Originally posted by Steve Benthal Jr.:
Originally posted by SVZETEC:
Could the fogs be spliced into the parking lights, utilizing the existing headlight switch? Or would this be too much of a draw on somethingy/wiring/switchypoo/electricality?? Will I blow something up
I would like to know this two... is this possible?
Sure, it's possible, but 110 watt draw on that circuit will be too much. The switch is not designed to take that kind of current. Your best bet is to invest in a $20 set of foggies from where-ever, & use their wiring harness & relay. Your switch can be utilized to activate the circuit with minimal current added.
Better still would be to pick up a used $10 headlight/foglight switch on Ebay and wire accordingly.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by ContourKev:
took my switch apart....
2 plastic connectors broke, the 2 pins in the middle are for the light inside the switch... need a new switch then
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My switch was wired like this (each '.' is a blank space):
x.x.x.x
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x.x.x.x
Two of those '-' were the fog light circuit which I confirmed with a simple continuity test on the switch. Pull out the foggies, 0 resistance. The 'x' were used for other stuff.
There were two small brown wires with misc stripes on the harness plug that were the fog light switch wires, I spliced my aftermarket switch wires in there so my new switch would work like factory. Funny 'cause I didn't have the wiring under the bumper....?
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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