Upfitter switch installation. It's there, well at least the plug for the upfitter harness is there.
- Issued By: BBAS Page 1 of 2 Date Issued: 8/18/10 2011 F-Series Super Duty Upfitter Switches Installation Models Affected All 2011 Model Year and later F-250/350/450/550.
- Auxiliary Switch Install. Ford began offering 'upfitter switches' which could be installed in the cubby hole in the dash and the. After installing the.
- Ford Super Duty Upfitter Switch Installation Guide. 2005 2006 2007 Ford F250 F350 F450 F550. The upfitter switches replace the left tray.
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I just installed them on my XLT a week ago. If you look up way up past the steering column to the right side of it (would be your right if siting in the seat) you wil see a little gray connector. The connector has a dummy plug which will have to be taken out. It is very difficult to get to. Took me about 1. 0 minutes with a few bleeding knuckles. You will have to get on your back and squeeze your head between the brake and gas pedal. I could barely reach it but it is there.
Here's the complete kit I got on ebay with the harness and switchhttp: //www. Here's a little video I just went outside and took. The plug is further up in the dash than the video makes it look but it's there.
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Installing Upfitter Switches Ford F250-F350, 2005-2007 Superduty Trucks. They are useful for installing aftermarked lights, winches, power inverters. Originator: [email protected] Page 1 of 2 Date Issued: 08/013/05 Q133.doc SVE BULLETIN 2005 Thru 2007 F-Series Super Duty Upfitter Switches Installation.
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Installing the Upfitter Switch Kit If you want to add a few aftermarket options to your new Ford Super Duty, Ford Motor Company makes things easy for you.
Main Page. Click. Here for a PDF version of this article. Often. times we want to add auxiliary things to our truck which require additional. Starting in 2. 00. Ford began offering "upfitter. As. far as I can tell, for.
Several folks have modified their earlier Super Duty's to use the 2. I decided to install a.
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I installed three switches to the. I. installed two switches to the left of the steering wheel, on the gray part of. FTE). Finally, I installed a sixth switch to. THE. of the six switches are the typical Carling Contura II V- Series illuminated rocker switches. The other two switches are small round rocker switches with a red LED for illumination. One note about the Carling switches - - be sure to test the.
Given. the way these switches are made, it would be VERY difficult to remove them. TRUCK. used a round rocker switch to control a light for my. I previously used a battery powered light (provided by the. PIE. used another round rocker switch to control the power for my PIE adapter. I had previously installed it powered constantly, but I only used it a few. It failed after about 8 months and I got it replaced. Being.
Upfitter switch installation 6.7L. I have 2011 f350 lariat without upfitter switches in dash.Can someone confirm. Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums > Diesel > 6.
I figured it. wouldn't hurt to put it on a switch. LOW. RANGE TWO WHEEL DRIVENext.
Carling switch beside the 4x. One. thing that is often times handy in a 4x. Low and leave. the hubs unlocked to achieve low range two wheel drive. This is useful for.
Well, the. ESOF hubs on the super duty's don't give you the option of "unlocked". ESOF is working properly). Luckily. ESOF vacuum pulses is a fairly easy way to. WINDSHIELD. WIPER SHAKERNext. I decided to. try out the "wiper shaker" system on this truck. Winter's can be. I've been known to hang a left arm out the window. This. system comes with a pushbutton switch, so I used a normally open momentary.
BACKUP. I installed my backup. I would've liked to use it without shifting into reverse. This switch allows me to do. HEATER DISABLE The. I think Ford changed this in 2. This adds an unnecessary load (8 to 1.
I wanted another switch to add. TOOLS. & PARTS I USED- . Carling illuminated rocker switch part number V1. D2. GHNB- AAC0. 0- 0.
Carling illuminated rocker switch momentary part number V2. D2. GHNB- AAC0. 0- 0. Round rocker switch - "attitude" switch found on ebay (two of. Carling 3- switch mount part number VM3- 0. Carling single switch mount part number VMS- 0.
Ford Wiper Shaker system part number A8. FCS- 1. 75. 26- A- . Slim Line truck cap light (ebay)- .
WLED- WHP5 LED- . Radio Shack part number 2. HHG (three of these)- . SPDT Automotive Relay part number AZ9. C- 1. 2DC1 (two of these)- . AWG wire (~1. 0 feet)- .
AWG wire (several feet, various colors)- . AWG wire (several feet, various colors)- .
Dremel tool & accessories- . Cordless drill- .
Xacto knife blade tip for soldering iron- . Digital multimeter- . Clamp- on DC ammeter- . Handheld infrared thermometer- . Brother P- Touch label maker- . PROCEDUREFirst. in order to accommodate these new circuits, I decided to upgrade the power.
Because of my CB, auto dimming mirror, gauges. PIE adapter, backup camera, rear wiper, etc I've basically tapped into all the. So, I decided to run a 1. AWG wire directly. I terminated this onto a terminal strip for. I also used a relay to another terminal strip for.
Here's. the schematics for the auxiliary power and the switches. I. had to find a way to get the wiring out of the cab. First, I removed this. Behind. the carpet, I found this plug. Perfect. for running the wires out of the cab. I simply made an X cut in the plug.
Now. that the wire is out of the cab, I routed it along the inner fender and. I. then crimped a large lug onto the other end of the fuse holder and attached it. I. will put a 2. 0 amp fuse in this holder. The. I used is rated for 3. A so I left myself a 1. I finished installing the enclosure in the cab. Now. for the enclosure. I wanted to place the two terminal strips and the.
I had an old plastic enclosure laying around that. I. fabbed up a small aluminum plate to mount the two terminal strips and the relay.
Next. I mounted the enclosure behind the dash, to the right of the glove box. I. just used velcro to attach the box to the metal framework behind the dash. I'll also secure it with a cable tie once I'm done wiring inside there. I. drilled a few holes in the sides of the enclosure to get the wires in and out. I. connected the 1. AWG "hot always" wire to one of the terminal.
Then connected a "hot always" wire through the normally. An existing. "hot in acc" wire controls the relay coil. This arrangement. This is shown on sheet 1 of the schematic above. Dash. order to accommodate these new switches, some fairly critical cutting needs to. I. first removed the black section of my dash. Refer to my dash. Once. I had this section removed, I placed it on the bench to figure out where to cut.
There. is plenty of room behind the dash, to the right of the 4x. So, I. just laid out the switch mount where it looked good and didn't interfere with. Dremel tool. Similarly. I just laid out the 3- switch mount where it looked good and didn't interfere.
The main thing that would interfere is one. Once I chose the. I marked around it and, again, cut the hole with a Dremel tool. Next. I snapped the switch mounts into the dash. The. next step was to see if the inner (gray) part of my dash interfered with the 3- switch mount and, of course, it did. I. Xacto. blade tip installed) to cut the plastic away. Finally. I snapped the black dash section in place to make sure everything cleared and then removed it to allow easier access for the wiring.
The. truck cap lighting switch. Here's. the original battery powered light.
And. here's the +1. V version of that same style light. When. I installed my rear wiper.
I had to run four wires from the cab, to the. When I did this, I ran eight wires so I would have four. Well, this is the first of "future.
The wire is only 2. AWG and is rated at 1. A max. I. replaced the original bulb with an LED (superbrightleds. WLED- WHP5) which only draws 3.
A, compared to the original. A. Either was within the spec of the wire, but.
LED is brighter and draws much less current. Now. for the dash drilling. I chose to mount this switch about two inches. The beauty of this location is that I can easily add at least three more.
Once. I chose the location, I drilled a 1/8" pilot hole and then used a 3/4" wood bit to drill the. I had to do a small amount of filing for the hole size and for the locating.
I. ran one of my new "hot always" wires through the. I picked up ground for the light on the metal framework behind the. As mentioned above, I used one of my spare wires to get the.
I tapped into the ground for my. Then. I ran the wiring through from behind and connected it to the switch using crimp.
Finally. after testing the light operation, I pushed the switch into the dash. The. PIE adapter switch. I. used another round rocker switch mounted just to the left of the truck cap. This. install was simple, I just extended the original PIE power wire over to the. The. low range 2.
WD switch. First. I'll say that this. ESOF vacuum control. WD LOW, then plugging it back in afterward.
However, I'm sort of a geek when it comes to wiring up stuff like this so I. Here's a shot of the connector. To. interrupt the vacuum pulse, the RED wire of this connector needs to be. However. simply wiring it through the switch gave me the wrong "sense". That is, the switch would always need to be in the "ON" position to.
Since I want to "turn on" 2. WD LOW, I. used a relay to invert the sense. So, the switch on the dash energizes a. I. mounted the relay under the hood using one of the ESOF solenoid mounting bolts. I.
I. connected ground for the relay coil to a factory ground point, beside the. AWG hot wire from the battery uses) and to the switch. Since. these switches are illuminated, I also ran a wire from the dash lights to this.
This wire is the blue/red wire that. After. connecting the wiring to the switch (I used the new "hot in acc" circuit for this. I tested the operation. I enabled the switch, then turned the ESOF (4x. At this point, I went.
If they both. turn then mission accomplished (assuming your t- case also went into low range). Then. with the switch in the off position, I turned the ESOF knob to the 4x. I went back out and reached behind each front tire and tried. If neither will turn then the switch (and your ESOF hubs!). The. Wiper Shaker switch.
This. is the normally open momentary switch, and I chose to mount it in the left- most. Then. I used my last remaining "customer use wire" through the firewall to get the power. I. connected this wire through an inline fuse and then to the momentary switch. I also connected the dash lighting wire and GND to the switch. I. To. test this circuit, I connected my meter to the wire under the hood, hit the. V. So, the circuit is working, there's just nothing.
I put a little heat shrink over the end of the wire until. I get the shaker kit.
Update. Feb 2. 01. I finally bought the wiper shaker kit and installed it. I. I do I'll put. it in this write up: Wiper. Shaker Installation. The. backup camera switch. This. is the next switch in the three- switch mount. Under the dash I tapped into.
This is the same 2. AWG wiring mentioned above. To make. I used a clamp- on current meter to. I measured. this to be around 1. A, which is well under the 1. A. spec of the wire. I also connected the dash lighting, GND, and the "hot in acc" for.
Meanwhile. at the back of the truck, I picked up the other end of my spare wire and. The diode keeps voltage from back- feeding into. Similarly, I have a diode in. See the schematic above for details. Next. I checked the circuit with my voltmeter. I was able to see +1.
V on that. wire when I flipped the switch, so I connected it up to the camera wire. Testing. this is also easy - - just flip the switch and make sure the backup camera.
Then, make sure that the reverse lights do not come on.