Where are my electrically competent people out there?

Ahaha
Um do call the manufacturer otherwise ....

 

LOL. yes, I'm going to call them tomorrow for sure. And if neither of the switches I bought work. I guess I have two mods I'm going to need to figure out to use them.

 

Oh you’ll make it work, got confidence in ya man!

 

usually the powers and grounds are switched externally to the device, when one wire gets power the other acts as a ground then when the "ground" wire gets power the "power" wire acts as a ground.
hope this helps.

 

If you already have the switch, just wire it up like this.



- JAMES

 

The tailgate lock taps into the two door lock wires, so it works the same way the door lock does. If you connect the blue wire to positive and the green to ground, it unlocks. If you connect the green wire to positive and the blue to ground, it locks. Therefore, if you want to control the tailgate lock independently you need a momentary DPDT (double-pole, double-throw) switch. You wire it up such that in one direction the green wire is connected to a positive voltage source and the blue is connected to ground, and in the other direction the blue wire is connected to a positive voltage source and the green is connected to ground. Alternatively, you could still splice into the door lock wires as detailed in the manufacture instructions, but additionally add a latching SPST switch or momentary switch in line with either the blue or green wire. The tailgate lock would then be controlled by the door locks by only when you have (or don't have -- depending on what switch you go with) the secondary switch engaged.

 

thank you. I dont have the switch but it will be here Thursday.

 

I see I did not understand when you said door switch I thought you meant the switch for the dome light in the door .

Not having Power Door Locks I never gave that a thought

 

I apologize for hijacking your thread, but it seems to be full of electrically competent people. How do you guys wire multiple switches that require dash light circuit connection? A junction block or something similar?

 

Jump them all to the same fuse port or wire that you’re tapping into for the dash light.

I kinda did something similar. I put two switches under my ash tray and just jumped both of the led terminals together and then connected one of them to the fuse/wire that gets powered when the dash is lit up.

 

Which fuse port did you use to make the LED for the switch (in the OFF position) to light up when the headlights are on? I know "TAIL" in position 8 will work, but I'm looking for one in the driver side fuse box in the cab.

 

When I was researching this last time I remember finding that you need to just splice into the wire that goes to the lights inside the dash. This sounded like too much work, and it’s a bitch to dig around under the dash. So I just ended up tapping into a fuse that would turn the accessory off when the key was removed from the ignition, this is more important to me than having the switch light up when the headlights go on.

I can take a look at the wiring diagrams real quick and see what I can remember.

 

This is from the FSM for an '03 with a tachometer, but I assume it would be the same for other trim levels and years.


So you are looking for a green-red wire that comes into the firewall and goes up into the dash. That gray rectangle with the "3C" in it and the numbers 14 and 16 is a junction block or wire harness connector, and I believe those are the pin numbers (14 and 16). So you want a green-red wire coming from a connector and going up into the gauge cluster. I can post the full schematic pdf for this and tell you what page numbers I looked at if you would like.

Edit: doing a little more research in the FSM it seems like connection 3C is the connection between the instrument panel harness and junction block number 3 which is located on the left side of the instrument panel. Feel free to DM me and I can give you much more detailed instructions and send you more pages from the FSM.

 

Could you take a look at how I plan to wire this up and tell me what you think?

 

Sorry, I thought that I posted the link. I sent you a DM.