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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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I will go out and look again,, is it an aluminum looking box?? I saw that..
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:23 PM
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Before I look again,, I wonder since everything is controlled by computer now, if there is a programing thing where it could be programed to have the upfitter switches hot all the time.??
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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try this http://www.fleet.ford.com/truckbbas/non-html/Q117R1.pdf
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by cfd29
Before I look again,, I wonder since everything is controlled by computer now, if there is a programing thing where it could be programed to have the upfitter switches hot all the time.??
there is a green wire that you have to tie into to be hot all of the time that is why i am trying to locate how to remove the switch assy with out having to take the dashn apart
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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Thanks, Great diagram, I have my stuff hooked up to two of the upfitter switches now, but me not smart enough to figure out how to make them hot when the key is off..
On the 2007 I had a jumper made in place of one of the relays and it worked great..
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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OK, sounds good. Surely we can come up with a simple fix
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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what do these swiches do? could you use them to run something differnt or are they for a specific function?
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:48 PM
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They are 4 switches that Ford puts in the dash,, they have wires stubbed out under the dash that you can hook up to anything 12V you want to run, the first two are 30amp and the second two are 10amp
You can power lights, radios, what ever you want to with them.. I power my two way radio and would like to make them hot all the time so when I turn the key off, the radio will stay on until I turn the upfitter switch off...
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:53 PM
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do they make then for a 2001 f250 lariat also
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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Picture of the whole assembly:
http://www.dfuser.com/img/pic2.JPG
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:56 PM
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do they make then for a 2001 f250 lariat also
No but you can get this to fit any vehicle:

http://www.dfuser.com/catalog/steeri...-commander.php
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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can i just go to ford and buy them? and will they fit into my 01 f250 lariat
 
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Old Aug 31, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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There may be a kit you can buy for an '01, I am not real sure, I have seen some threads in here about people getting a kit and retrofitting
 
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Assuming the F250 & 350 dash are identical - pop out the 2 lozenge shaped panels at the bottom of the center dash - one has the cig liter, and the other is either blank or has the aux inout jack. They just pop out. Under them you will find a screw - 10 mm I think - take them out, and then you can work the whole center part of the dash off. The switches are easily accessed then ....
 
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