John,
I believe it is done so you won't leave the cargo light on by
accident. I know that my Chebby was wired the same way.
You could disconnect the interior light side of the switch, or add
a new switch for the cargo light. This would fix yout problem.
Drive Safe,
Joe
>Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 21:00:15 -0400
>From: "L. J. Morris" <ljohn@alltel.net>
>Subject: DML: Exterior cab light ?
>
>Hey folks;
>
>Just remembered something that has bothered me for some time. What the hell
>was CC thinking when they designed the exterior cab light to turn on after
>the interior lights?
>
>Obviously when the interior lights are on you can't see a damn thing out the
>back window, when you turn on the exterior cab light to see if your trailer
>or whatever is still hooked on in the dark. I also have a carrier assembly
>that I built for in the box receiver and at nite it would be nice to turn on
>the ext. cab light to take a peek in the mirror, but with the int. lights
>on, it is futile.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>I do realize that CC themselves probably did not design the light switch,
>but FERD and CHEBBY don't do this.
>
>L. John
>'97 SLT+
>
Joe Dille
Telford PA USA
(joe@dille.montgomery.pa.us)
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