Troubleshooting Reversing Light on GU Y61

[Endermore]

Hi,

I need help with what I thought was a simple switch change.
Installed the new switch after confirming the old one wasn't working. Pressing the switch with my fingers gets the reverse light on so I thought... easy easy... done. After screwing in the switch, the reversing light still doesn't come on. So now I'm completely baffled... what else could it be?

Doesn't this mean my electrics are all good? If so, then something inside the manual transmission? Help... any ideas?

[4bye4]

Check you didn't blow a fuse when you were changing the switch.

[the evil twin]

Wot he said ^^^^ ... and...

Was the fuse OK before you changed the switch?
Played with anything in the reverse light circuit, reverse cams etc?
If fuse was prev OK the wiring should be OK unless the old switch went faulty then a second fault occurred.

[Endermore]

this is a few years ago but coming back to update so other's can benefit.

the issue was the size of the steel ball that sits inside of the reverse switch in the gear box. who would've thought that a previous owner made this mistake or perhaps some other reason.

afteri bought the new ball, i took the old on and it was very clear the new one was much bigger. install new ball and old switch... all working perfect. that only took me a few years to bother fixing.