TC Lock Switch Warning.
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TC Lock Switch Warning.
My wife and two of her friends took the truck, horse trailer and three horses to a park today for a little ride. About 30 mins. later, I got a phone call from my wife that they were stalled in the middle of an intersection. "The truck would not stop, and then died!" Can you see were this is going?
I am on my way to the parts store to buy a protected switch for the TC LOCK!
I am on my way to the parts store to buy a protected switch for the TC LOCK!
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i did that by accident. i had a girl with me and i was in conversation and i totally forgot about the green light in the pillar. the engine kept pushing the truck into the intersection and i laid on the brakes but the truck kept chugging along. eventually it stalled in the intersection. luckily there were no cars coming and i escaped with a damaged ego.
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Originally Posted by strokin_it7.3
i did that by accident. i had a girl with me and i was in conversation and i totally forgot about the green light in the pillar. .
Never heard it called that, 
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From: LA and CO
That's why you guys need to rig it up on a momentary switch to turn it on, have a relay latch itself open then wire the brake pedal hot to another relay to trip the negative of the first rerlay to turn it off if you hit the brakes.
I plan to do it this way. It'll work fine for me this way since I plan to use it on the highway mostly and not in stop/go driving.
If you need a diagram let me know, I'll draw it up and post it.....
I plan to do it this way. It'll work fine for me this way since I plan to use it on the highway mostly and not in stop/go driving.
If you need a diagram let me know, I'll draw it up and post it.....
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So, if you wire it up that way, it will unlock every time you hit the brakes? That's one of the things I was trying to get around with the TC lock switch. Every time I'd hit the brakes, it would unlock. This get's annoying on the highway, especially if you're pulling a trailer on some hills. Diesels don't have much engine braking, but losing it all because the TC unlocks when pulling a trailer is no fun.
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the only time my TC lock comes in handy is when the brakes are supposed to be used. it really cuts down on the brake usage, i can let the engine slow the truck down and brake when i need to.
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Did you show the wife how to use the switch. Once was enough for me, it hasn't happened since. Mines bright red, and I went for the "whatever you do, don't touch that button" speech. I see that you and your wife probably share the truck so this IS a good warning. My wife is afraid of my truck, so I lucked out there.
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