gauge wiring help needed ASAP

[CStansbury]

Hey guys,

I have my truck apart in the driveway putting in the gauges I got for Christmas!! I am working on wiring the gauge lights. I pulled the headlight switch panel off to tap into the dimming circuit and much to my dismay I couldn't find a orange wire with a white tracer as suggested in numerous threads. I have an 04. 5' with fog lights. Would it use a different colored wire? Thanks.

Chris

 

[gsbrockman]

The "search" feature & test light are your two best friends..... especially the test light.

Greg

 

[jawmail]

It's an orange with brown tracer on my '04. There's two of them, had to use meter to find the right one.

 

[CStansbury]

The "search" feature & test light are your two best friends..... especially the test light.

Greg

Greg, I did "search" and read many posts as stated in the "as suggested in numerous threads" part of my post. Like I said, all I found was orange with white tracer answers.





Thanks jawmail, I'll try that.

 

[Scrappy]

it is the lower orange wire (at least that is the way my '03 is)

 

[fkovalski]

The last set of gauges that I did tapped the dimming wire into the light at the ash tray. It is only a slightly longer wire run, but a lot easier to access.



I hit the constant 12V at the power outlet (or lighter element wire- forget which. ) Again, a slightly longer run, but easier to hit.

 

[artie]

Connector pinout

I have attached the headlamp switch pinout from my 04 shop manual. The pins are the same just color of wires changed from model year to model year.

 

[CStansbury]

Perfect! Thanks Artie!!

 

[artie]

Forgot to note that the lamp in the switch that dims is on pin 3.