Help with brake controller
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Help with brake controller
I took a controller out of a 99' superduty can I put it in my 05' I can't find the same looking plug with my 05 as what the 99 had are they different? Or do I need to buy another plug threw ford.
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If it is an aftermarket controller, then you can just go to the dealership and buy a $17 pigtail for the new truck and then wire it into the controller. Then just plug it into the factory harness under the dash. I seriously doubt that the controller harness under the dash is going to be the same plug from a 99 to an 05. The aftermarket controllers don't come with a factory plug already wired to it unless it was custom ordered. But you should be able to just cut the plug off and splice in the pigtail for the new truck.
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I just don't want to go cutting wires tho I just thought maybe I wasn't seeing the plug . they prob aren't the same thanks
Originally Posted by BillyBob69
If it is an aftermarket controller, then you can just go to the dealership and buy a $17 pigtail for the new truck and then wire it into the controller. Then just plug it into the factory harness under the dash. I seriously doubt that the controller harness under the dash is going to be the same plug from a 99 to an 05. The aftermarket controllers don't come with a factory plug already wired to it unless it was custom ordered. But you should be able to just cut the plug off and splice in the pigtail for the new truck.
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I was curious about this myself, so I did some research. It appears that Ford changed the trailer brake controller plug in 2005.
1994-2004 looks like this (the plug on the left).
http://shop.easternmarine.com/index....categoryID=148
2005 to 2007 looks like this.
http://shop.easternmarine.com/index....categoryID=148
1994-2004 looks like this (the plug on the left).
http://shop.easternmarine.com/index....categoryID=148
2005 to 2007 looks like this.
http://shop.easternmarine.com/index....categoryID=148
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Originally Posted by xrayford
Look in your glove box. The truck is supposed to come with the pigtail if it has trailer tow package. Maybe by luck it is still there.
Ooohhhh I forgot about that...Nice call. If it is there, it prolly has the additional fuses/relays needed for the main junction box under the hood.
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alright got the 05 wiring harness and relays and fuses now where do they all go I have no owners manual?
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OK Anyone here have thiers that they can post a pic of the main junction box under the hood and the fuse panel under the dash from the manual? Or at least the list of which number slot goes to what?
I would post mine but I don't think the 99 and the 05 are going to match up.
I would post mine but I don't think the 99 and the 05 are going to match up.
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