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What I did was buy the factory harness that fits in the tailgate and hooks up to the factory camera and plugs into the harness under the truck. I cut the end off of the part that connects to the camera and wired up an after market camera to it that I have mounted to my slide in camper, so I just unplug the harness to remove my tailgate, load the camper and connect the other harness on the camper underneath the truck and I have my rear view again, works great.
Here is how I hooked it up on my 2012:
Red power wire of backup camera to violet/grey on harness
Ground power wire on camera to black/white on harness
yellow video wire on camera to white/green on harness
video ground wire on camera to brown/violet on harness
solid black wire on harness is not used.
Here's the harness part number
Part Number BC3Z14A412A
Part Name WIRING ASY - TAILGAT
MSRP $22.68
Core $0.00
Online Price $16.33
Wanted to know if anyone knows the location of where this cable plugs into the harness under the bed, not the camera in the tailgate end. Trying to find out if the harness is already installed on my truck, or if I'm going to have to do it the hard way and run video cable's myself.
I have discovered the 2 blank plugs to install a 5th wheel jack in the bed (drivers side, next to the spare), but not sure where the factory plugs would be for a backup camera.
My truck has no camera at all, but I would love to have one on rear for my wife, she is not quit as tall as i am!! Lol backing up is on faith not by sight!!
Hooking up to a bumper pull would be alot easier!
License plate bracket cameras??
I bought the Hopkins backup camera system. Works great and is easy on the wallet.
Did you locate the factory harness? I just acquired a 2015 XL and will be adding backup camera and upgraded radio to support it. I'm looking to see if its pre-wired.
I did buy the extra cord. I have a crew cab short bed. I could have actually made it to the left side of my windshield without it. But I mounted it up high beside my rear view mirror. Couldn't have stretched it that far without it.
There is a grey connector (C264) in the passenger kick panel area. The video feeds to this connector. There are possibly no wires in the male (top) half of the plug. If you have the wiring back by the tailgate/spare tire, then you should have the wires in this connector.
This is what I found when I added the stock Ford radio with NAV to my 2011 truck years ago. I did have the tailgate camera from the factory. The wiring diagram is form 2014 but should be similar or same for your 2012.
I have a 2011 F250 Super Duty that was originally equipped with a back up camera that the image appeared in the rear view mirror. The original owner tore up the tailgate and replaced it with just a plain tailgate out of a 2008 or older model. I purchased a 2013 tailgate on line from a salvage yard that has the camera in the blue oval. The connectors on the ends fit perfectly, but the camera doesn't work. The dealer told me it was because they changed the module between 2012 and 2013. It looks to me that if the male and female connectors fit, they shouldn't be that different. However the male end on the tailgate has 6 wires going to it and the female end on the truck has 5 wires. I had read in one of the other posts that the black wire (the sixth) doesn't do anything. HELP!!
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