i need to know what the 4 wires are for on a standard shifter so i can wire up a b&m shifter correctly. pink wire violet wire green wire violet/white stripe wire had a look on another post but couldnt find the shifter wires any help appreciated thank you.

Violet is the neutral start relay Green is the neutral position relay pink is the ignition busbar I do not have a violet/white stripe one,I have another violet one that goes to the starter solenoid.If you have anymore probs I can have another look,But see how this one nuts out. Cheer Marty

Quote: Originally Posted by ss nut Violet is the neutral start relay Green is the neutral position relay pink is the ignition busbar I do not have a violet/white stripe one,I have another violet one that goes to the starter solenoid.If you have anymore probs I can have another look,But see how this one nuts out. Cheer Marty thanks heaps mate i appreciate it. have a look for me and get back to me on the violet/white wire you prob do have a whit stripe but didnt notice it thank you so much mate

Checked and no I don't,Also the wiring diagram does't have on also. So me abit stumped

reverse? mine only has 1 wire connected to the box itself so yeah,

what colour is the reverse light wire??? or do they have a switch in the gearbox??? can you also link me to the diagram any idea what wire from the stock shifter goes to what wire on the b&m shifter???

Both violet wires go to the neutral start relay then one goes to the starter solenoid,Cannot find the reverse wire on the diagram??? I have the VL no5 workshop manual for the wiring diagram book(as I completly rewired our VL

1 of the wires at the shifter must go to the reverse lights because the reverse lights are controlled by the shifter and not by the trimatic. i have 2 switches on the b&m shifter 1 controls the neutral park start and the other controls reverse lights green/yellow,blue,red,brown wires so i need to know what wires on the stanadrd shifter (pink wire ,violet wire ,green wire ,violet/white stripe wire) go to the neutral park switch and the reverse switch on the bm shifter.

2 wires go to the neutral start relay(that is what it is called in the wiring diagram)Both are violet,I assume your will be the violet and the violet/white stripe one.Green goes to the reverse switch. If possible try and get hold of the VL service manual(volume 5) this has all the wiring diagrams you need. Let us know hw you get on. Cheers Marty

violet wires are start circuit, it doesnt matter which one comes from ignition switch or to the starter, just wire the 2 violet wires to the inhibitor switch of the B&M, the pink wire is ignition for ther reverse lights, which will be the green

Here is a not so good picture of mine in case your still stuck...

thanks guys for the help and picture i do appreciate it. tidyvh was spot on the original shifter wires go to the bm shifter as follows 2 purple wires to neutral/park inhibiter switch pink ignition wire goes to reverse switch for power(red wire on bm shifter) green wire goes to other side of reverse switch on bm shifter for reverse lights. ended up using voltmeter before taking old shifter out. still got problem it starts in gear if you knock shifter back all way then go up in gears till dont go no more it starts in gear(thought thats neutral) but the rest works good appart from it not lockng car in park its like park is neutral it rolls in park.

Quote: Originally Posted by demo [View Post] thanks guys for the help and picture i do appreciate it. tidyvh was spot on the original shifter wires go to the bm shifter as follows 2 purple wires to neutral/park inhibiter switch pink ignition wire goes to reverse switch for power(red wire on bm shifter) green wire goes to other side of reverse switch on bm shifter for reverse lights. ended up using voltmeter before taking old shifter out. still got problem it starts in gear if you knock shifter back all way then go up in gears till dont go no more it starts in gear(thought thats neutral) but the rest works good appart from it not lockng car in park its like park is neutral it rolls in park. did this on the weekend there is an 8pin plug that uses 6 pins only i ended up using the following wires and i haven't started my car yet but i can hear the neutral relay tick so as follows, going from the 8 pin plug usually to the gearbox i pulled this loom into the cabin and used 4 wires to setup my reverse and neutral gearing black/white trace wire and another black/white trace wire is the reverse light switch wiring, they connected to my top switch on my b&m shifter, engauging reverse switches everything on including the dash reverse light for neutral start i used the following wires and connected them to the bottom switch on the b&m shifter red wire and red/black trace, this enables the car to be started in neutral or park as per switch setup another consideration is the switch position if it is fix incorrectly the switch wont engauge and disengauge as it should so test this with a continuity test and run through the gears hope this helps chris