one freaky wire and some vac lines
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one freaky wire and some vac lines
i got a red wire on my truck its on the (batt) side of the solenoid goes to the driver side of the truck follows along the front of the truck moves to the driver fender adn back in to the cab looks stock but idk the owner before me i think took the short bus to school that or he hit his head one to many times my truck under the hood is a wire mess.. gotta clean it up anyone know what the red wire is for? also i on my 351 w ho i have on the driver side valve cover a thingy that has 2 pugs and 2 vac lines goin no where well not any more any way i took most of the vac lines off the engine only thing really hooked up is the cc and vac lines for the heater doors what is that (thingy) and is it that importain? what are some other vac lines that i might need to hook back up to make the engine run right????
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That red wire is not stock. It was probably run for a brake control for a trailer or something like that. Take it out, or make sure it has a circuit breaker or fuse over near where it hooks to the solenoid if you want to use it for something.
There is no way to know for sure what the thing in the valve cover is unless you can put a picture of it in your gallery. A wild guess is that it's the PCV valve.
There is no way to know for sure what the thing in the valve cover is unless you can put a picture of it in your gallery. A wild guess is that it's the PCV valve.
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franklin that makes scence about the red wire but did ford not offer trailer brakes stock? or was that all after market?? also ill try to post pics i got a few questions about differnt stuff under my hood jsut got my junk yard exhast hooked up now i gotta put the slave cylnder back in and im all done.. 20$ exhast + hackin up what i had to make a full system.... just gotta last a few paychecks so i can get duels
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In the early years, they installed a little bit of the wiring for trailer towing, but not much. As the years went on, they added more and more of the required wiring, but they never offered a brake control until I believe in the last few years they have offered one on their new trucks.
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ok thxs for the info on that im just goin to leave it the guy that had this before me has it set up for 5th wheel towing the connector is not hurtin any thing and i may use it one day so its goin to jsut stay
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My '83 has the same wire running around the front of the truck that ends above and to the right of the brake booster. It is connected to a terminal with nothing else attached to it. I always wondered what it might be for... After reading this, I think I have found out. Thanks!
