exhaust brake issues
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Laughing Gas
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exhaust brake issues
I finally did the long awaited exhaust brake mod posted by kwikkordead. I think I did something wrong. As I recall, the back pressure valve makes my truck hiss annoyingly, so when I turn the solonoid on with the truck running it should hiss. No hiss. I took the truck on the road and turned it on going fast down my hill. Nothing happened. I have power everywhere there is suppose to be power. It just doesn't seem to be activating. I do have a bit of experience with wiring and I'd like to think I installed it all correctly, but anything is possible so I'll be rechecking it all.
Is it possible that it is stuck, and if so, should I just leave it alone? Is it possible that because my truck is a 2000 it needs the full 12 volts instead of the lowered voltage running through the resistor?
Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm sort of afraid to push this too much considering how much not fun it will be if it sticks closed or something stupid.
Is it possible that it is stuck, and if so, should I just leave it alone? Is it possible that because my truck is a 2000 it needs the full 12 volts instead of the lowered voltage running through the resistor?
Any suggestions would be helpful. I'm sort of afraid to push this too much considering how much not fun it will be if it sticks closed or something stupid.
Lead Driver
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I'd double check the wiring. Make particularly sure that the wires to the plug are not backwards. The hot wire is the grey one with a red lead, the wire on the passenger side. Use a test light or volt meter to make sure you have power at the plug. If not, trace it back to both sides of the resistor and the switch. Check you conenction where you tapped into the power to make sure the switch is even getting power. Look for a faulty ground too. If you have small enough probes on the volt meter, use the power and ground at the plug itself.
The 2000 does not need to have the resistor omitted. I have a 2000, and have a resistor in place. Mine works just fine.
Don't push it until you re-check your wiring and particularly the connections of each wire. Look in my gallery, there are a few pics of where I tapped the power source and of the plug.
The 2000 does not need to have the resistor omitted. I have a 2000, and have a resistor in place. Mine works just fine.
Don't push it until you re-check your wiring and particularly the connections of each wire. Look in my gallery, there are a few pics of where I tapped the power source and of the plug.
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Laughing Gas
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It's fantastic. I redid all the wiring and found I had connected the power feed to the wrong ebv wire. Works amazingly well and I have already suggested it to two other people. Thanks, kwikk.
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