my 97 expo cabe from the factory with the wireing set up for the fog lights in the grill and the head light switch is set up for it to but i have installed the factory fog lights and theri not working through the switch and i have looked in the manual but couldnt find anythnig about it. cound their have been a fuse or a rely that i dont have installd that will keep them form comeing on

 

There could certainly be a missing fuse. Why don't you look?

- Jack

 

i looked through the manual and checked where teh fuses were for it but everything seemed to ge good but i will go back and double check again

 

ok i have checkied the fuse box under the hood according to the manual fuse slot 9 is for the fog lamps and drl that fuse was good and i checked in the fusebox infront fo the front seat fuse slot 27 is for foglamp relay, mail lamp switch that fuse was good is their somehting that im missing

 

Not sure what "97 expo cabe" is, is this an Expedition or F150 ?

The fog lamps, if the wiring is correct, should only need the 2 fuses, and the fog lamp relay.
You did see those were 2 different fuse boxes, correct ?

If the switch installed was from a 00-03 then it will not work correctly.



If you have the fuses installed, pull the fog lamp relay, and jumper the Normally Open contacts, and the fog lamps should illuminate.

Half ISO relay ( think that is the one on the '97 )

 

sorry its a 97 expedition it was wired from the factory with the fog light harnis but it didnt have the foglights just the plastic inserts so i put the lights in and pluged them up. i checked the fuses for them under the hood and in the truck and they were good but i dont remember seeing anything about a relay i will look in the manual again tomorrow and see if i see the relay. so all i need to do is jumper the 3 and 5 on the relay socket and see if they come on is that right

 

theirs one fuse under the hood for them which is good and their is another under the dash they both were in place and good they were nto blown i think i read somewhere that the switch might night have the contacts in it to turn the lamps on if it didnt have the lamps from the factory.

 

That is correct, just wanted to make sure you were looking at the correct fuses ( no note of which #9 and #27 you checked ).

One thing to keep in mind, these are the 1997 F150 EVTM pages, so there could be some difference to your Expedition.

The switch, I don't see how it was wired from the factory, but as long as it had the fog lamp icon on it, and when you pull it out, the fog lamp icon illuminates, you know you Fuse # 27 in the junction box is good.
That part is good to go, without the fog lamp relay installed.

 

ok i think im starting to catch on now when i turn the switch on the fog lamp icon does not come on0 so could that be power not making it to the switch

 

When do tried that, you had the main headlamp switch in the head position, and the MFS was in the low beam position ?

When you pull out on the switch, there should be a positive click when pulled out. Make sure it is not the first stage to removing the main headlamp switch **** ( non fog lamp switches )

Did you jumper the fog lamp relay terminals ?

 

i havent had a chance to jumper the relay and yea the lights are on low beam when i pull the switch out it sounds like a click but i hoot hat any indicaters that come on when the switch is pulled out to the dog on position but i have the indicater in the center of the ****

 

Does your switch look like this ?



Note where it says pull for fogs

Might have this configuration, but I think this is the newer than your MY

 

mine looks just like that except it does not have the writing saying pull for fogs does that mean i need the switch that says that for them to work

 

That means you are pulling it to the 1st click to remove it, you do not have a fog lamp switch.

Ford didn't have the same switch in all models. There are 4 different models.

Main headlamp switch w/o Autolamps w/o Fog
Main headlamp switch w/o Autolamps w/ fog
Main headlamp switch w/ Autolamps w/o Fog
Main headlamp switch w/ Autolamps w/ Fog

Thought it was a bit strange that you had the switch from the factory, but no fog lamps.

 

ok so i need to get another switch is their any other wireing that im gonna need or is that stuff already inside behind the switch ill start looking around to see wat i can find And thinks alot for ur help i would have never figured it out