trailer brake controller, how hard to install?
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trailer brake controller, how hard to install?
how hard is it to install a trailer brake controller on a 95 4.0 e4wd?
I am getting ready to prepare my aerostar for pulling my 18 ft travel trailer. and probably need to stop sometime during my short trip!
how much do the controllers cost?
I asked a guy at the rv show and sale yesterday and he said a trailer brake controller would be about $190 installed.
i thought holy cow, how much if I put it in myself!
I was prepared for about 50 bucks, not 200.
I am getting ready to prepare my aerostar for pulling my 18 ft travel trailer. and probably need to stop sometime during my short trip!
how much do the controllers cost?
I asked a guy at the rv show and sale yesterday and he said a trailer brake controller would be about $190 installed.
i thought holy cow, how much if I put it in myself!
I was prepared for about 50 bucks, not 200.
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They are not hard, do you have the trailer package already? If you do there should be a plug under your dash. This is for the brake relay. 190$ is not that bad, if you require it all.
IE relay, wire, trailer fuse relay, outside plug, labor. Your best bet is to get a factory kit. Ford will have it all, and you will not have to cut a wire. NOTE* Because of the duel light system (yellow sig/red brake)*. A friend of mine wired his up with an after market one and his lights don't work, then his brakes came on when the signals were used.
I bought mine new, trailer package installed. So all I had to buy was the short wire from the plug to the relay. Then wire relay to the trailer brakes. Total time 40-60 mins. The biggest pain was pulling up the carpet and mounting the 6 wire plug on the hitch.
I hope this helped.
IE relay, wire, trailer fuse relay, outside plug, labor. Your best bet is to get a factory kit. Ford will have it all, and you will not have to cut a wire. NOTE* Because of the duel light system (yellow sig/red brake)*. A friend of mine wired his up with an after market one and his lights don't work, then his brakes came on when the signals were used.
I bought mine new, trailer package installed. So all I had to buy was the short wire from the plug to the relay. Then wire relay to the trailer brakes. Total time 40-60 mins. The biggest pain was pulling up the carpet and mounting the 6 wire plug on the hitch.
I hope this helped.
Last edited by CdnSoldier; Mar 8, 2004 at 04:12 PM.
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The trailer brake on my 97 was part of the package when I bought a Trail Lite Bantam B19 almost 3 years ago. The tech had a hard time. It took him 3 hours, but that included the entire trailer wiring/harness/plug. Last month I bought one form my Expedition: $79, Some kind of adapter: $15, Labor: $60 for a total of about $179 including tax.
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