O/D Light Freaking Me Out!

[RAM AIR]

All right guys. Hope you can help me out on this. My O/D light stop working in the gear selector. The O/D works. Thinking it was the switch at the end, I replaced it. Still not working. If I try them both in my bro-in-laws truck, they work. What gives? I checked all the fuses linked to the O/D. All good. Maybe something in the shifter or column. But I'm thinking, if that's the case, the O/D wouldn't work. No? I also checked the little female slots that it plugs into. Checked for ground. Ahhh! I don't freaking know. But I do know that little freaking light being out is bugging the ***** out of me. Suggestions. PLEASE!!!Thanks. ------------------ 1997 F-150 XLT 4X4 Off-Road 4.6L Auto. 3.55 Gears All Power Interior Tilt Wheel Cruise Control Sliding Rear Window 17" Rims W/ P265-70R-17's Cervini's Ram Air Hood K&N Gen. SUPERCHIP True Dual Flowmasters 3" Chrome Tips GTS Carbon Fiber Headlight Covers Ford Motorsport Chrome Rear Cover Ford Racing Duraliner Lund Backdraft 35% Tinted Windows Ultra Bright Headlights & Fog Lights Pioneer DEH-9300 Head Unit Pioneer EQ-6520 10-Channel Equalizer 4-Pioneer TS-P682 6x8 2-Way Components Speakers 2-Pioneer TS-A6995 6x9 4-Way Speakers Pioneer TS-WX65A Amplified 6 1/2" Sub Pioneer GM-X924 65 Watt 4-Channel Amp Bel 980 Radar Detector Viper Alarm Rancho RSX Shocks Front and Rear Lumi Logo Front Ford Emblem Billet 4X4 Third Brake Light Cover Ford F-Series Floor Mats Ford Valve Stem Caps Class III Hitch Ford Hitch Receiver Cover Westin Chrome Nerf Bars ---------------------------------

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[AjRagno]

F-150 Ram Air,

From my experience, I would suggest that you check the wires running through the "Shifter Column" up to the "O/D Switch". That's where mine failed.

It's very simple.
>Disconnect the battery.
>Remove the O/D switch.
>Move the gearshift lever all the way to the right (2nd gear) and then remove the retaining pin at the base of the gearshift lever.
>With the gearshift lever now free you can see if any of the wires between the steering column and the O/D switch are frayed or broken. You may need to pull the lever off the wires completely to check their entire length if you don't see it right away but odds are that it will be broken just above the steering column.

If the wires are broken, you cannot turn the O/D off.
If the wires fray, they ground to the gearshift lever and blow all the fuses in the insturment panal.

I hope this is helpful(o: