Freerider15
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Wiring Help Needed - Bought truck & removed Viper Alarm, no Turns, Hazards, or Brakel
I've been lurking around for a bit, using this sight to give me a bit of insight before buying a truck...great info to be read here. :toast:
So long story short...bought a truck (99.5' F-350, 7.3L, ZF-6, 4x4, 120k on the clock), but being so worried about looking over everything else...I didn't realize until after I bought it from the dealer a few things were wrong. I knew the turn signals weren't working but figured that was an easy fix, but come to also find out later none of the rear brake lights (except the upper middle cab light) or hazards work. When you move the multi-function switch up or down to signal the flashers, nothing happens...no clicking sounds, no blinking dash lights...nothing.
So the previous owner had a Viper Alarm system (the 350plus model) installed, and upon further looking (removed the lower driver's dash panel), it seems parts were no longer hooked up or spliced in anymore (which also explained what I believe to be a battery draw). Looked at a wiring diagram for the Viper system, but that really didn't help all that much since I didn't have a cross reference to where that corresponding wire & wire color was on the F-350.
When you would hit the unlock or lock button on the remote, the rear brake lights as well as turn signals would flash, but the doors wouldn't unlock/lock. I went ahead and removed the system yesterday as well as I could, but still no turns, hazards, or brake lights.
I've attached a picture of some wiring that was cut, in hopes that some might recognize it.
So the wires are (in case its hard to tell from the photo) Light Green, Blue, White & Red. They feed up into a connector thats to the upper right-ish of the "gas"-pedal. The connector has a tag on it that reads (you can somewhat read it in the picture) that says "Connect To Instrument Panel." As well there's a brown wire that you can somewhat see that is part of that connector as well that is currently spliced into a light blue/yellow wire i'm trying to trace.
Normally I would look through a wiring diagram to try and figure out where isn't getting power, buuuuuut I don't have any. I looked at buying a factory service manual on ebay...but I'm kind of worried their essentially just going to send me the equivalent of a Haynes manual which won't do me a *whole* lot of good...or at least ones in the past haven't.
As well...should I supect the multi-function switch (since they're prone to going out on my year), flasher relay, etc?
Really trying/wanting to get this solved so I can actually drive my truck and enjoy it...because unfortunately until this gets resolved it gets to sit in the driveway. :cursing:
I've been lurking around for a bit, using this sight to give me a bit of insight before buying a truck...great info to be read here. :toast:
So long story short...bought a truck (99.5' F-350, 7.3L, ZF-6, 4x4, 120k on the clock), but being so worried about looking over everything else...I didn't realize until after I bought it from the dealer a few things were wrong. I knew the turn signals weren't working but figured that was an easy fix, but come to also find out later none of the rear brake lights (except the upper middle cab light) or hazards work. When you move the multi-function switch up or down to signal the flashers, nothing happens...no clicking sounds, no blinking dash lights...nothing.
So the previous owner had a Viper Alarm system (the 350plus model) installed, and upon further looking (removed the lower driver's dash panel), it seems parts were no longer hooked up or spliced in anymore (which also explained what I believe to be a battery draw). Looked at a wiring diagram for the Viper system, but that really didn't help all that much since I didn't have a cross reference to where that corresponding wire & wire color was on the F-350.
When you would hit the unlock or lock button on the remote, the rear brake lights as well as turn signals would flash, but the doors wouldn't unlock/lock. I went ahead and removed the system yesterday as well as I could, but still no turns, hazards, or brake lights.
I've attached a picture of some wiring that was cut, in hopes that some might recognize it.
So the wires are (in case its hard to tell from the photo) Light Green, Blue, White & Red. They feed up into a connector thats to the upper right-ish of the "gas"-pedal. The connector has a tag on it that reads (you can somewhat read it in the picture) that says "Connect To Instrument Panel." As well there's a brown wire that you can somewhat see that is part of that connector as well that is currently spliced into a light blue/yellow wire i'm trying to trace.
Normally I would look through a wiring diagram to try and figure out where isn't getting power, buuuuuut I don't have any. I looked at buying a factory service manual on ebay...but I'm kind of worried their essentially just going to send me the equivalent of a Haynes manual which won't do me a *whole* lot of good...or at least ones in the past haven't.
As well...should I supect the multi-function switch (since they're prone to going out on my year), flasher relay, etc?
Really trying/wanting to get this solved so I can actually drive my truck and enjoy it...because unfortunately until this gets resolved it gets to sit in the driveway. :cursing:
