New guy needs help!
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From: Amboy, Washington
New guy needs help!
I have a 2000 F250 Diesel and am trying to wire up a switch to use the EBPV as a exhaust brake. I have found several write ups on the forum to accomplish this and I thought that I wired the circuit correctly but find that when I put juice to the circuit the engine makes no noticeable change in sound. This obviously leads me to suspect I have not wired the circuit correctly.
According to the information I have there is a 2-wire plug under the turbo. The plug is located in the pedestal that the turbo mounts to. One of the wires was suppose to be black/grey and the other was grey/red. On my truck I have the grey/red wire but the other wire is red/yellow. I cut the grey/red wire as was recommended and spliced in the diodes and connected the wires back according to the instructions. But as previously mentioned nothing seemed to work.
I am now wondering if I actually tapped into the wrong 2-wire plug. I would appreciate any help that anyone might have.
Thanks in advance.
Tom
According to the information I have there is a 2-wire plug under the turbo. The plug is located in the pedestal that the turbo mounts to. One of the wires was suppose to be black/grey and the other was grey/red. On my truck I have the grey/red wire but the other wire is red/yellow. I cut the grey/red wire as was recommended and spliced in the diodes and connected the wires back according to the instructions. But as previously mentioned nothing seemed to work.
I am now wondering if I actually tapped into the wrong 2-wire plug. I would appreciate any help that anyone might have.
Thanks in advance.
Tom
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Welcome to FTE. Can you describe better exactly where the wires you tapped into are?
Do you have an auto or manual tranny? If you have an auto, you will also need to do a mod to be able to lock the torque converter to make the EBPV brake work.
Do you have an auto or manual tranny? If you have an auto, you will also need to do a mod to be able to lock the torque converter to make the EBPV brake work.
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Should there be a noticeable difference in the sound of the truck when I activate the exhaust brake?
Thanks again for your help.
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From: the woodzies
i am not positive but i don't believe there will be a huge difference in sound (like a big rig). exhaust brake are different from jake brakes
