There are four wires connected to the load side of the nav light CB switch, three for the lights themselves and one smaller-gauge wire which is the ground for the Gear Down light. It needs to be disconnected from the CB switch and connected to ground in some fashion. I prefer to connect it to a mini toggle(labeled DAY/NIGHT) and then to ground so you have manual control of the dimming. Closed(grounded) is bright, open is dim.
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I looked back there and sure enough four wires all white, don't want to make any assumptions maybe they are labeled someplace, but they all look the same to me. So following your description the circuit from the panel in schematics in annunciator section labeled "Gear Down Return" ,. For my 78 serial number this seems to be the wire you are talking about in the schematics. The other three wires route to tail light and the two wing tips. Having thought about all this a great deal I think the day / night switch makes the most sense. but if you wanted to keep behavior the same , what does this shunt resistor setup look like? someone mentioned there was a post but I can't find it. I'm on the 14V system.