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Jan 31, 2021 | 07:29 AM

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jonrjen

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Interesting. You left out the part about the factory wiring being tapped into. How did they do it? The proper way would be to use an inline trailer harness connector that simply plugs in where the harness junction is. The bad way is to tap in using scotch locks or, worse yet, cutting the wire and then splicing it all back together then wrapping with tape. Hopefully the RV dealer didn’t butcher the wiring harness on your truck. On these CANBus trucks, I would use stand alone lights instead of tapping into the truck.

Properly done using inline wire harness. I had another direct wire harness that ran from the front of the truck to the rear where I could plug a set of magnetic tow lights. My plan for this was to use when being used as a toad with my receiver hitch fold up carrier in place. The magnetic lights were more visible vs the OEM lights.

Jan 31, 2021 | 09:31 AM

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JKBrad

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Why didn’t you plug the lights into the trailer light plug? Seems less complicated. All you would have to doo is run a simple 4 wire harness along the frame.

Jan 31, 2021 | 06:49 PM

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jonrjen

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Why didn’t you plug the lights into the trailer light plug? Seems less complicated. All you would have to doo is run a simple 4 wire harness along the frame.

I first installed the inline plug in play set up which works fine. After my first trip out with the fold down carrier I got the idea to run a standard 4 wire set up from the front of the truck to the rear for using the magnetic lights as an after thought. I guess in retrospect, did I really need to run the 4 wire set up...no, not really. But, sometimes being retired you find you have too much free time on your hand. So, next thing you know you're crawling around under the truck with a handful of zip ties looking for a place to secure a wire harness.

JKBrad, didn't I send you one of the V-10 hats that I had made up a number of years back?

Jan 31, 2021 | 09:21 PM

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JKBrad

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No sir, no hat. But I loved the two 6.8 3Vs I had, especially the ‘08. Keep it for 6 years. The only reason I sold it was to get cash for a steel building. If I could still buy a new one, I would.