New England B.S. Thread

I'm only up here til Saturday lol but I have Friday off and I'm free after 430-5pm Mon-thurs this week

 

Currently working til 830 today-Fri this week lol it's all good. Appreciate you willing to help a guy out though

 

The Forscan seems worth it and not super expensive, so I think I'll buy it.

 

Thanks man, I already called the dealer and got it. I actually used the door combo lock the other day, works pretty good when you forget your keys carrying something out to the truck!

 

That looks like the correct one and I've ordered from Fairway Ford in the past also. I checked Tasca Ford Parts and they list that as an alternative or interchangeable part number so looks like it would work. Tasca lists JL3Z-19H332-AA for your vehicle, Fairway lists Tasca's number as interchangeable. I go back and forth between then and Tasca Ford Parts (their website is really good and they have good prices). In this case, looks like Fairway is cheaper.

Where the brake controller goes, you currently have a black plastic blank off panel. On my '13, the plug was directly behind the plastic and it was plug and play. Then, you can either go to the stealership and have them 'turn it on' or mess with ForScan and do it yourself. On a similar note, on my '13, there was a relay in my glove box that gets installed in the under hood fuse panel that powered the 7 pin connector so it'd charge a trailer while driving. The newer ones, I think it's all electronic and the truck senses when there's a trailer connected and that's the trigger but still worth maybe asking the dealer or testing on your own.

EDIT: didn't refresh, @js312 beat me to it

 

ForScan is free, you just have to buy the connector for your computer. There's an App I think you can buy, but you can get the free version also. I've always used the free version on my laptop. You just register to the forum and request a temporary product code or access code and you're good to go.

 

No problem

 

Yeah, it looks like I have a little cubby there where the controller goes. I found a video, it doesn't look terrible to install, just pulling off some interior panels.

I'm not sure if my truck senses it right, for some reason all my brake lights and turn signals work but the circuit for my trailer interior lights doesn't, and I bet that is the same circuit for charging the trailer.

 

Yep, that'd be the 12v charging circuit. Mine had a relay in the glove box, hopefully they gave you one, otherwise it's a few bucks at Vatozone. They weren't putting them in at the factory because, I'm guessing, a lot of trucks don't actually tow so not putting power to the circuit would prevent some corrosion from occuring.

 

Yeah there was something else in the glove, now I guess I know what it is!

 

Good to know!

My last truck gave me a message about not charging the trailer properly once when I had the key on but engine off, so that one must have had it installed already--I don't think there was anything but the pigtail in the bag. I think there was something else with this one, that must be what it is!

 

dam this place frustrates me sometimes, just found this post,
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...s-this-even-mean-for-us.709192/#post-25199896, typed up a nonpolitical response and the dam thread was locked. I get no politics, but at this rate, I almost feel like they should lock up any thread that is not 100% tacoma trucks, woops that means this ford thread would be closed. Their site, their rules.

 

TW Rule of thumb:

Boomsticks = Cool
Laws about Boomsticks = Not cool.





Edited for stealth--no 'G' word

 

I know, it's just dam frustrating. I think one of the biggest issues our society is facing, is the inability for people to have real discussions about shit. In my opinion, schools are failing us because they are not teaching kids to have those open political conversations. All this "safe" thinking is pulling us further apart.


on a side note, two towns in Maine have taken some steps to protect the right to give guns to bears.

 

If that's a joke and they are actually giving them to bears, one's gotta be Freeport

If that's not a joke, and you're talking about the sanctuary or whatever cities, one's gotta be Paris. The other....St. Agatha maybe?

 

Fort Fairfield is the one I know. I think Paris may be the other.

 

Hah! I was just kidding, but it is Paris!

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2021/...or-of-being-a-second-amendment-sanctuary.html

 

Morning, (fellow) anal-dwelling butt-monkeys.
Happy Tuesday!

 

looking in the mirror still this morning Noel?

 

Sure. Edited to fit in with the rest of you.