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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:13 AM
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Marker lights are on the parking lamp circuit, not the headlamp circuit.
I don't think the brown wire that always melts supplies power to the headlamp dimmer.
Ford didn't add a relay to duallys "because".
They must have known the park lamps were already too much for the harness and switch.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:22 AM
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Good point about the brown wire. I'd forgotten that. Relay time.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:39 AM
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Its a dually, the relay should be there.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ArdWrknTrk
Its a dually, the relay should be there.
I checked again and found nothing under the hood where the relay should be, not even a plug. Considering how hacked up the truck was I'm not surprised. The clearance light harness was plugged into itself under the rear bumper instead of power and I found no other plugs or sockets that would plug into it.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by ArdWrknTrk
Bill's been on point with all his replys.
You need the big plastic cone to center the dually rim and you need to run a lighting relay or you will smoke the already feeble headlamp switch wiring.

I'm enjoying watching this rolling wreck coming together.
Where would I get the cone from? I'm guessing this isn't a common part.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 10:45 AM
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I'm on a phone with crappy 3G right now.
Can't be bothered to Google my way through a dozen pages looking for something that can be drilled down on any dealers online parts catalog.
Once you have a P/N it's usually easy enough to pick one up on Ebay .
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 12:32 PM
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If this is the cone you're talking about, it's available from LMC: Part #40-1345, page 32 in the summer 14 catalog.


 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 01:22 PM
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If this is the cone you're talking about, it's available from LMC: Part #40-1345, page 32 in the summer 14 catalog.


Thanks for the pic. I didn't think about LMC having it.
 
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Old Aug 25, 2014 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Trackerrrr
I checked again and found nothing under the hood where the relay should be, not even a plug. Considering how hacked up the truck was I'm not surprised. The clearance light harness was plugged into itself under the rear bumper instead of power and I found no other plugs or sockets that would plug into it.
Let me look at my collection of extras, I may have the marker lamp relay. You need to look at the back end of the rear frame harness, the one that goes all the way down the frame from up front. There should be a white with red stripe wire in it, that is the feed for the marker lamps, fender and the three under the tailgate.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 01:37 AM
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Tried flushing the cooling system today. The brown sludge just kept coming out. Pulled the radiator out and ran the garden hose in the inlet and outlet. Got some big chunks of mud out of the inlet side. Tried to pull the block plugs to flush it better but the heads just stripped. Thinking about pulling a couple freeze plugs out so I can get the block semi cleaned out.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 01:38 AM
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Let me look at my collection of extras, I may have the marker lamp relay. You need to look at the back end of the rear frame harness, the one that goes all the way down the frame from up front. There should be a white with red stripe wire in it, that is the feed for the marker lamps, fender and the three under the tailgate.
Are the three lights under the tailgate stock? I don't have those either.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2014 | 06:23 AM
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It probably depended on where the truck was sold new as to what lights were required. Mine didn't have them originally, these came off the same truck the rear doors, interior and left fender were on along with the Alcoa rims that will go on later.
 
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Old Aug 30, 2014 | 11:59 PM
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Got the spare mounted tonight along with some custom exhaust work with a reciprocating saw.

Gonna cut off both pipes right behind the mufflers tomorrow and reroute them to the side.




 
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Good idea with the padlock.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2014 | 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by 85lebaront2
Let me look at my collection of extras, I may have the marker lamp relay. You need to look at the back end of the rear frame harness, the one that goes all the way down the frame from up front. There should be a white with red stripe wire in it, that is the feed for the marker lamps, fender and the three under the tailgate.
Checked the harness from front to rear, no feed wire. I'll have to run one with a relay.
 
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