Another power mirror question
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Another power mirror question
Alright, I have searched and searched, but have not found what I need. I bought a pair of used tow power mirrors, nothing but directional power, no heat, no lights, nothing else.
My truck is basic, no connectors for any power mirrors inside the door. At a local wrecking yard, I took out the switch, the pigtails for the mirrors, and am now at home with all said parts.
Do I just run a constant power to the red, ground the black, then run wires to the seperate mirrors? The switch had more wires than three. Each mirror has three wires.
So, is there a diagram somewhere, or instructions to tell me just what I need to do to wire these up?
Also, I hope there is not controller box that I did not get at the junk yard?
Thanks to all you guys / gals who can help!!!!!
My truck is basic, no connectors for any power mirrors inside the door. At a local wrecking yard, I took out the switch, the pigtails for the mirrors, and am now at home with all said parts.
Do I just run a constant power to the red, ground the black, then run wires to the seperate mirrors? The switch had more wires than three. Each mirror has three wires.
So, is there a diagram somewhere, or instructions to tell me just what I need to do to wire these up?
Also, I hope there is not controller box that I did not get at the junk yard?
Thanks to all you guys / gals who can help!!!!!
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A little more info
The mirror on the driver side has a red, a blue, and a yellow wire coming to the plug from the mirror. The plugs I got at the junk yard did not come from a Superduty, but from an Explorer. The plug on it has a red, a blue, and a yellow going to the connector, but the blue and the red are opposite on that plug. So, I just connected them opposite, red to blue, blue to red, but yellow to yellow as they aligned in the plugs.
Now, I am preparing to run the switch wiring inside the truck, and then on to the passenger side mirror. It appears that there are three wires going to that mirror, and one is yellow, so I assume that is the common hot wire. Now, that leaves two wires, a black and an orange. I assume the orange is a hot 12v+ wire? and of course, black is ground...
Just would like a little input before I hook any hot up and fry anything...
Folks???
Now, I am preparing to run the switch wiring inside the truck, and then on to the passenger side mirror. It appears that there are three wires going to that mirror, and one is yellow, so I assume that is the common hot wire. Now, that leaves two wires, a black and an orange. I assume the orange is a hot 12v+ wire? and of course, black is ground...
Just would like a little input before I hook any hot up and fry anything...
Folks???
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I got them from a guy who got them from a friend of his, and he had them on a 2004...no way of knowing the original year truck...is there?
THe plugs are round on the mirrors, so I am assuming 1999 - 2004...
THe plugs are round on the mirrors, so I am assuming 1999 - 2004...
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Thanks, I have looked at that instructional a couple times before...however, it did not address my issue...what I REALLY need to know is how to wire power to the switch...I know each mirror gets three wires for direction, leaving over a pair of wires, I would just want to confirm that the orange is power I geuss...my truck has never had power mirrors so this is a brand new install...
Does anyone have a schematic showing the mirror wiring in a 1999 F250 Superduty? I have a manual, but the mmirror schematic is not in there...
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