How to Install a Brake Controller in a 2004 Lincoln Navigator
Question:
have 04 lincoln navigator only have standard trailer connector looking to connect rv with eletric brake and controler will this part work ETBC7
asked by: Joseph M
Expert Reply:
To install a brake controller like our best selling P2 Brake Controller part # 90885 in your 2004 Lincoln Navigator all you would need is the harness part # 3035-P and the 7-way adapter part # 37185.
To wire in the # 37185 to the vehicle wiring so that the wiring brake controller is activated you will need to follow the 4-way trailer connector wires from the trailer connector to the front of the vehicle. These wires connect to a factory plug along the frame rail, usually on the driver's side, between the back tires and the rear bumper. The factory plug should be mated to another connector which has wiring that continues back toward the bumper.
There are more wires coming from the front of the vehicle than there are coming out toward the 4-Way plug. Ford wires the front of the vehicle as if it will be manufactured with a 7-Way plug, so all the 7-Way wires are run to this connector on the frame rail. This allows a 7-Way wiring harness to simply plug in line with the wiring coming from the front of the vehicle. If the vehicle were made with a 4-Way plug, it would plug into the same connector. Because a 4-Way plug would not require them, the additional wires are terminated at the pictured set of mated connectors.
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