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Originally Posted by Jessyjames
You said you ran a wire from the drivers side all the way down to the tail light assembly correct? Did you use an electricians fish tape? Or did I read it wrong.
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Actually, I started at the back of the truck and worked forward. I had about 20' of #14 wire that I covered with wireloom. Using a creeper, this wire was then fished through the frame by hand, ty wrapping as I went along until I got to the engine compartment. I then fished it through the wire harness grommet in the firewall. I was working alone and it was extremely frustrating so if you plan to do this I would suggest recruiting an extra set of hands.
Inside the driver's side door sill is a large wire harness. Two of the wires in it are brown. One of the brown wires is the switched power feed for the cargo lamps. I tapped into this wire by stripping off some insullation and soldering to it.
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Could you explain the hooking up part with your wires at the taillight assembly? I can solder fine but can not figure exactly what you did there. Is the blue wire coming from the front of the truck which is attached somehow to power?
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I did the same at the
tail lights - for reverse lamp power I stripped back a bit of the insulation from the red/blue wire and for ground I cut into the white/black.
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I am also going to do one more thing that you didnt do which is run power from the reverse line and run it to my tonneau cover interior light so all I have to do is hit the cargo light inside the truck and it will turn my light on in the tonneau cover. Any suggestions and or pictures. I will gladly drop you some money for your time on helping me do this.
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I think you meant
Cargo Light but I get it. Is your tonneau light LED or halogen? The only reason I could just tap directly into the truck's wiring like this is because I'm using LEDs - they draw very little current.