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  • Опубликовано: 30 авг 2020
  • Bumper-to-bumper overview of the brake controller setup on my truck. This is largely based on Eric the Car Guy's installation video @ • How To Install and Con...
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Комментарии • 90

  • @adamroof9460
    @adamroof9460 4 года назад +2

    Recent viewer. Lovin your videos. Are you going to power the dump trailer motor to your truck? Wife and I want more repurposing videos! She also wants to start welding, how can she start learning on small projects and what to buy to start? So many topics! Keep it strange!! Adam and Jenn

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  4 года назад +1

      Woah! Great to hear from yas! I think she needs a cheapo flux core welder to start ... she’s gonna love it! Dump trailer has its own power plant! Boom!

    • @adamroof9460
      @adamroof9460 4 года назад

      @@metaspencer thanks will get her geared up with a flux core. Keep an eye out for fire extinguisher and burn cream videos Incase it’s us 👍

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  4 года назад

      @@adamroof9460 haha!

  • @darriusking3017
    @darriusking3017 Год назад +2

    That diagram you drew was a tremendous help. Great video!

  • @OdinOddly
    @OdinOddly 23 дня назад

    Thank you for breaking it down enough that let people can figure it out too. I am frustrated unto death with everything being for advanced mechanics.
    This is the first video on this I have understood.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  23 дня назад

      Good to hear! keep it simple and get it done, that's my philosophy :)

  • @duanebledsoe7566
    @duanebledsoe7566 4 месяца назад

    Great video! Thank you for this clear and direct explanation of how brake controllers work and how they tie into the 7 pin harness! This is exactly what I needed to know!

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  4 месяца назад

      good luck setting it up! you're gonna love it

  • @joe89chev
    @joe89chev 2 года назад

    Definitely a great walk through! I just recently got a 92 k3500 replaced the transmission and now I'm working on wiring in the 7 pin plug and my break controller! You sir are a life saver! Thanks for saving my brain I've been overthinking the whole process! Hopefully I'll be towing my trailer alot sooner Thanks to you!

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад +1

      Excellent man. Yeah, it's the kind of job that can freak you out ... but if you take it methodically it'll be done before you know it. Sounds like a good truck!

  • @DannyDietze-yg2ky
    @DannyDietze-yg2ky 3 месяца назад

    Great job you made it simple thank you

  • @JDinUSA
    @JDinUSA Год назад

    I was hoping you would open a box of crayons, but that was so well put together that even I could follow it. Thanks for taking the time. Well done.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Год назад

      It's great to have one in the truck for sure

  • @okidokidiego5783
    @okidokidiego5783 Месяц назад

    Muy buenos días,good morning,you are the best,this video is fenomenal,I have 2002 chevy silverado and have been missin 2 cables,one blue and one red but with the diagram the you made will be my lifesaver

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Месяц назад

      Gracias! Your truck sounds awesome

  • @okidokidiego5783
    @okidokidiego5783 Месяц назад +1

    Perfect,is nice good info

  • @ericlaudenslager7246
    @ericlaudenslager7246 2 года назад

    Diagram was simple yet so helpful! Thanks for the video. Just a quick tip, you may want to twist and cross your chains from your trailer onto your truck. Takes the slack out and they do a much better job of catching your Trailer tongue, god forbid your latch ever let's go. Thanks again.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      Thanks for checking out the vid! Yeah, I lost a trailer once and those slacked out chains were no good. I'll have to get that chain crossing into my daily habits

    • @steveclujhawkins8063
      @steveclujhawkins8063 2 года назад

      Appreciate the really basic sketch and visual.
      Really helped my thick skull understand.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      Excellent! We thick sculled guys gotta stick together!!!

  • @samv2783
    @samv2783 3 года назад +1

    Great video! The diagram is very helpful! Thanks

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  3 года назад

      Good to hear! It's an essential piece of equipment

  • @travisbradow1731
    @travisbradow1731 3 года назад

    Been trying to hook my new brake control in my 94 dodge and and it’s been a cluster f*** until i found this video hahaha thank you

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  3 года назад

      It's awesome to have the controller working. Well done!

  • @carlosnadal1
    @carlosnadal1 2 года назад

    Excellent video, now I feel comfortable to do it myself. I have a 2012 tundra with the prewire plug, but no information where the blue cable goes to the which is a flat four connector for the lights. I will use your diagram and setup

  • @SteampunkSteve
    @SteampunkSteve 4 года назад +1

    Thanks. Very informative

  • @Jonnydeerhunter
    @Jonnydeerhunter 2 года назад

    Small correction... The 4 pin has a ground(white), left and right "High beam/bright filament"(yellow and green respectively) which is your brakes and turn signals both. And finally the last one is your running light power (brown) "low beam/dim filament" that comes on with your headlights.
    Thanks for sharing though!

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for the info! Those plugs have always been a mystery to me, even though I rely on them every single day

    • @Jonnydeerhunter
      @Jonnydeerhunter 2 года назад +1

      @@metaspencer
      Nice haha.
      Well an easy way for me to remember is that the browns always go to your marker lights which only come on with your headlights.

  • @p3l1k44n1
    @p3l1k44n1 4 года назад

    Man that trailer looks cool.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  4 года назад

      It’s been saving that unload time and effort, so I like it

  • @luisfernando-mm3jt
    @luisfernando-mm3jt 4 года назад +1

    Nice work

  • @keshavillaca4372
    @keshavillaca4372 Год назад

    Thank you for this. 😀

  • @208concreteprosllc4
    @208concreteprosllc4 2 года назад

    Thanks for your video

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      Excellent. Good luck with it

  • @jimmycarter9099
    @jimmycarter9099 2 года назад

    Thanks so simple your video was the best thanks so much

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      Thanks for checking it out! You're gonna love having the setup

  • @markmurray7031
    @markmurray7031 Год назад

    Why does it have to have a hot wire ran back when the one coming from the controller runs the brakes ? Which pins in the connector do you use ?

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Год назад

      I’d have to see your controller and wiring diagram

  • @carolinegray3150
    @carolinegray3150 4 года назад +1

    Nice video

  • @silentraven37
    @silentraven37 2 года назад

    How do you know which wire from the brake pedal is the one to use? I have six different wires

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад +1

      Oh dang, wire spaghetti! The trick is to 1) stomp on the brake pedal, and 2) stab your tester into that spaghetti until you find the wire the lights up your tester. You've got this!!!

  • @randomtube8226
    @randomtube8226 Год назад

    1991 Chevy Silverado 1500 2WD. I have running lights, backup lights and both turn signals working. But no break lights and no emergency flasher lights. Already replaced brake switch, fuses and bulbs. Still no brake lights. No bad grounds found. We have tried just about everything we can think of. We need the break lights to pass the inspection. Do turn signal lights and brake lights share the same circuit on older vehicles? Could it be a bad turn signal switch even though the turn signals work fine?

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Год назад +1

      What I'd probably do it start with the probe test light (one of these: amzn.to/3mYiAwF) and see if the brake lights are getting juice at the back of the truck. They probably aren't. Then trace those wires up along the frame probing at any junctions. Somewhere along that run there might be a break or loosened connection. The probe will tell you. Of course, the brake pedal needs to have a brick on it while you do this. Sounds like you've checked all fuses. Could be a connection at the brake pedal sensor. Just probe and you'll find where things go dead. If all else fails run a new dedicated brake wire from where you have juice up front back to those lights.

    • @randomtube8226
      @randomtube8226 Год назад

      @@metaspencer I have one of those test lights and a meter. That's how I tested all the ground points and ruled that out. I'm still trying to figure this out. I'm not having any luck.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Год назад +1

      ​@@randomtube8226 It's all about finding signal in the brake wires when the signal is depressed ... you've gotta identify those wires up front

    • @randomtube8226
      @randomtube8226 Год назад

      @@metaspencer Come to find out the brake switch wasn't aligned in the groove all the way when I put in the new switch. So it came off track when I pushed on the brake allowing the whole switch to move instead of the switch arm attached to the brake arm. I pushed it up on track and my break lights started working again when I pushed on the brake. I still have several electrical issues I need to work out. But I'm one step closer to passing the inspection.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Год назад +1

      Woohoo! You did it!!!

  • @John2022-i2q
    @John2022-i2q 10 месяцев назад

    what is the function of that red wire power coming straight from the battery? Does not only that break wire will activate the trailer breaks?

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  10 месяцев назад

      I don't understand you when you say "Does not only that break wire will activate the trailer breaks?" ... the power from the battery feeds the system

    • @John2022-i2q
      @John2022-i2q 10 месяцев назад

      @@metaspencer which system? The trailer breaks just is not the wire one only? I mean, for the trailer break, is not only the blue one from the controller, the break signal and the ground? My question is that, the red wire juice straight from the battery is needed for what? Is just auxiliary?

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  10 месяцев назад

      @@John2022-i2q the power from the battery runs the brake controller.

    • @John2022-i2q
      @John2022-i2q 10 месяцев назад

      @@metaspencer I mean, the auxiliary power, not the cold signal one. Mine runs perfect without that juice wire coming straight from the battery. In my understanding, the purpose of that wire is only if you wanna hook up another 12v device in the trailer from car battery supply

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  10 месяцев назад

      @@John2022-i2q interesting! good to hear that you've got it working perfectly

  • @luiselizondo1038
    @luiselizondo1038 2 года назад

    Great video! Very helpful. Question. Can the "hot wire" going to the 7 pin connector (back) and brake controller (in the cab) be powered by the same location? For example, connecting them both directly to the battery instead of one to your breaker and one to the distribution block?

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      Those leads can both come from your battery, but just be sure to have them fused and protected with breakers ... you don't just want a wire going directly to the trailer brakes or directly to the brake controller ... gotta have fuses and breakers and all that protection

    • @luiselizondo1038
      @luiselizondo1038 2 года назад

      @@metaspencer Perfect! Thank you! I have a 4 pin just like yours already from the factory so I will go about it the way you did! Cheers!

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      @@luiselizondo1038 good stuff! you're gonna love it with that big trailer

  • @adamjayandtheuglycrew3079
    @adamjayandtheuglycrew3079 3 года назад

    I got a 1990 GMC Sierra what color wire did you tap into from the brake petal? The only one I found that gives power down by the petal was white, but I’m worried that could be a ground that gets power flowing to it when the petal is pressed.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  3 года назад +1

      I tapped a black wire but the color isn't the real issue: you've gotta get in there with the probe and find one that only is hot when the pedal is pushed. That will give your unit the current when you need it

    • @adamjayandtheuglycrew3079
      @adamjayandtheuglycrew3079 3 года назад +1

      @@metaspencer thanks for the reply! I’ll dig around and double check to make sure I got the right one!

  • @davidcovan607
    @davidcovan607 5 месяцев назад

    What color wire does the blue wire connect to on the 7 way

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  5 месяцев назад

      you should be able to find a color code chart like this online www.ajtnt.com/Info/7-Way-Diagram ... but best to probe and test everything just to make sure. temp connections are your friend

  • @davidcovan607
    @davidcovan607 5 месяцев назад

    1 more for ya what wire for the brake pedal.i got basically the same truck can't find a video to really show it

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  5 месяцев назад +1

      That one took a little while to figure out and I can't tell ya exactly which one without going out there and checking it out ... gotta probe and test connect to be sure, man. especially with that brake wire! haha

    • @davidcovan607
      @davidcovan607 5 месяцев назад

      I just tested it with truck running it drains voltage but google said orange wire ima ground to battery tomorrow might be issue thanks so far

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  5 месяцев назад +1

      @davidcovan607 you’ll get it sorted

    • @davidcovan607
      @davidcovan607 5 месяцев назад

      @metaspencer once I figure out how to get to the correct harness on my pedal they really crammed it in there

    • @davidcovan607
      @davidcovan607 5 месяцев назад

      @@metaspencer for anybody wondering 99 k1500 white wire under dash I got it lol

  • @melterra2799
    @melterra2799 Год назад

    My electric brake controller has 3 wires bule one red one black one where they go

    • @melterra2799
      @melterra2799 Год назад

      Where they hook up tp

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  Год назад

      It's not the kind of thing I can describe in a comment ... sorry man! Check out some videos and wiring diagrams and you'll get it figured out

  • @matiasguerreromatt460
    @matiasguerreromatt460 2 года назад

    Video is ok but needs mentioning by colors Black. Red. White. Blue

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      yeah, those colors can definitely confuse! using a tester should help ya. good luck!

  • @carolinegray3150
    @carolinegray3150 4 года назад +1

    👨‍🔧

  • @ohske
    @ohske 4 года назад +1

    👍👍👍👌♥️♥️♥️

  • @PredatorOmnivore
    @PredatorOmnivore 5 месяцев назад

    Duh, on the back of the truck you DO NOT have the 7 way PLUG for the trailer. Before you get to kindergarten you should have already learned: a PLUG is on the end of a wire cable; a RECEPTACLE is the socket hole that the PLUG fits into. So, on the back of the truck you have a 7 Way RECEPTACLE.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  5 месяцев назад +1

      Wow, I gotta go back to kindergarten to learn the proper things for things! I knew I shouldn't have been shooting spitballs in class, and I think they even held me back and made me take it a few times!

  • @genxiong2695
    @genxiong2695 2 года назад

    No this is not straight forward for the average guy.

    • @metaspencer
      @metaspencer  2 года назад

      Takes some work! let me know if I can help