CNeubauer

Whoever owned my truck before me did a first class job of butchering the wiring in an effort to add a trailer light plug in the bed for pulling a gooseneck trailer. As you can see in the first picture I was left with a birdsnest of wiring scotch locked together and I'm pretty sure it's been causing problems with my trailer brakes (brake controler was wired the same way, I sure wish people would spend a couple of bucks and buy the factory adaptors).



What I did to fix the problem was to cut the harness back a few inches and I used a plastic junction box made for wiring trailers available on ebay pretty cheap. The box has a sealed lid to keep moisture out but I sealed everything up with silcone too to make sure there won't be any corrosion problems down the road. The ring terminals are non-insulated but I covered them with my own heat shrink tubing and they are crimped with ratcheting crimpers that make a super strong connection. I have my truck wired with a 7 pin RV connector in the bed and a six and seven pin round connectors on the rear bumper but with the junction box there are no exposed connections anywhere but on the back of the plugs themselves.

wurkenman

Well it looks like one person (you) can at least get it right. Looks good.

Shovelhead

M-I-C....K-E-Y

M-O-U-S-EEEEeeeeeeee!

9 sec camaro

I think the same person must have done mine!!

trksrfun

wowzers! hack...job... at least you were able to make 'em purdy again, good job!

putzer

scotch locks are a professional mechanic's biggest money maker. lol (I wish thet would outlaw the darn things, it would make alot of peoples lives alot nicer)

Crimedog

Wow, mine was done IDENTICAL to yours, and I bought my truck in the northern part of Iowa (don't know where Fairfield is), but maybe the same hack did both of ours?! I haven't had to pull gooseneck or anything with breaks for a couple of years so I haven't gotten around to fixing it yet, but it s on the list. I like the way you did yours. I also had trailer break broblems, mostly with grounding and shorting out.

torquefan

Nice repair job. I like using those junction boxes too. I'm pretty fussy about wiring and I'm sure disgusted by how many wiring jobs I see that look like your "before" picture. It takes a long time to wire something so it looks pretty, seals out moisture, and will last a long time, but it's worth doing right.

Colo_River_Ram

Nice Job!!
That is something my dealer used to do till I showed them where to buy the factory in bed harness's..

I'm in the middle of wiring up the 42ft GN trailer I just finished welding up..solder and heat shrink tubing here too..

SIXSLUG

That's a high quality repair, I've seen a lot of trick wiring on race cars and trucks and that job of yours looks well done. I v'e seen some pretty wild hack jobs in my life and that one has the makinngs for sure, Good job cleaning it up!

jasonneal

I live in Texas...maybe that "same guy" is moving around the country....

haloman

Good job on the repair.

J Lent

I have a full harness sitting here from cab back I believe. Wherever the plug goes [I think under the cab]. No cutting has been done, bone stock if anyone needs it. PM me

strokerace

That guy spent more money in scotch locks than the right harness would have cost, I counted at least 11 of the darn things in the picture

Timmay2

Some people just have better things to do with their time then sit there and pretty up the underside of their truck..

Looks good though!