Ordered E-Brake and a question...

[DCL]

I ordered my Jacobs E-Brake today and I am looking foward to the install. Any pitfalls or shortcuts to look out for? I also wanted thank fellow members for recommending a call to Alex at 1-800-559-6698(great service, great price).

Chad

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Chad Lemmel

2001 ETH,3500QC,4x4,SLT,6spd,4. 10,White/Agate,Straight Exhaust.

2001. 5 ETC,3500RC,4x4,SLT,5spd,3. 54,Red/Agate,Straight Exhaust.

 

[Thomas]

The hardest part of the install is removing the cigar lighter socket to obtain a key-on source of 12 volts. It's only needed to light the indicator lamp in the toggle switch. It has nothing to do with the brake.

You may wish to avoid cutting a hole in the dash for the toggle switch. I mounted mine on a home-made bracket and eventually replaced the toggle switch with a 2-speed axle switch on the shift lever.

Remove a couple of cap screws (bolts???) on the fuel/water separator to give yourself better access to pin 20 on the ECM.

 

[Whitmore]

Chad,I have the cummins E-brake and the installe was easy,just follow the instructions,the are in good detail,I was thinking of the switch on the shifter but after using it a while I have decided not to. the only other thing I can think of is for the power for the light on the switch is I was under the impression that the wiring that feeds the acc power point,there are a few wires in the loom and the one with the orange stripe aint it , the hot lead is the one with a red stripe. Kevin

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2001 eth dee,qc,lwb,3. 55,camper and tow pkg,driftwood,cummins e-brake,jardine 4" exhaust,dz alum checker run boards,bed rail,tailgate protector,better built alum checker toolbox with home made fuel tank under box,"CUMN" licence plates and captain vol fire dept plate too

 

[merryman]

Chad;
1) I found the ECM very difficult to get to so I removed the bolts that mount the fuel filter, but left the fuel lines connected. I could then move the filter toward the fender area enough to get to the ECM easily.
2) Pay attention to getting the wire into the #20 hole well into the hole---I had to do that three times before it went in far enough to activate the brake.
3) I too, did not want to cut holes in the dash, so I mounted a bracked ( made from a 90 degree bend of plastic of about the right color that I got off the plastic kick panel of a ford F-700, and mounted the switch to that and mounted it to the under lip of the dash.

Vaughn