Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
Today on this 2004 Chevrolet Tahoe, we're going to install part number TK90160. This is the Tekonsha Primus IQ Trailer Brake Controller. To help us with our install, we'll also be using part number 3015-P. This is the Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter for electric brake controllers. We'll go ahead and hook it up to our trailer and we'll go ahead and try it out. We got a "C" here and that stands for connection, so we know that it sees the trailer, so that's a good sign. more
1/8/2015 6:00:33 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 1996 Chevrolet C/K Series Pickup- Video
Today on our 1996 Chevy CK Pickup truck, we'll be installing the ETB C7 in junction with the Tekonsha Progigy P3 Brake Controller which is part number 90195. We will first begin by picking a location where we're going to mount our 7-way trailer plug. In this case because the trailer hitch comes out so far, we're going to go ahead and drill two small holes in the underside of the bumper to mount our bracket. Once we have the holes drilled, we'll go ahead and use the supplied screws and nuts to attach the bracket to the lower bumper. Next we'll go ahead and take some of the wire looms supplied with the kit and put it over the wires coming out of the back of the 7-way. Then we'll go ahead and feed the 7-way onto the bracket and attach it with the supplied screws and nuts. Next, we're going to go ahead and make the 4-way connection with the 4-way that's already on the vehicle and because this vehicle already had a 4-way on it, we've already gone ahead and tested it to make sure that everything is working properly. You want to make sure when making your connection of the two 4-ways that you use some dielectric grease on the connection before pushing them together. more
12/8/2014 10:12:10 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Intsallation - 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
Today on our 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Brake Controller, part number 90885. The vehicle is already equipped with manufacturer's 7-pole connector, so we'll need to go underneath the dashboard here on the driver's side and locate the brake controller pigtail. This is a 4-wire pigtail, has taped up and marked indicating the wiring. Now we've identified the manufacturer's wiring, we'll need to take the pigtail provided by the brake controller and hardwired to the manufacturer's wiring. I'm going to go ahead and cut the end off and strip back the wire. Now with those stripped back we'll go ahead and take the butt connectors provided by the install kit and secure it to the end. Now with the butt connectors installed, we can go ahead and attach the brake controller wiring. more
11/19/2014 5:47:25 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 we're going to be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Trailer Brake Controller, part number 90195. In addition to the brake controller we're also going to be using the Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter for electric brake controllers for GM vehicles, part number 3015-P. Now here's what our P3 brake controller looks like. We get a couple different options for mounting it. We can use the standard metal bracket style or we can use the metal and plastic combination. This one here will allows you to remove the brake controller when you're not using it, but because it is out of plastic it is not quite as durable as our metal one here. Now this particular vehicle here is a work truck so we're going to go ahead and install the metal bracket to give us a little better chances of the brake controller staying connected onto the lower dash where we'll be putting it. Now that we've gone over the parts of the brake controller, here's the wiring harness that we're going to be using. more
11/5/2014 1:00:06 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevy Express Van we'll be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 brake controller, part number 90885, in conjunction with Etrailer's ETBC7 brake controller install kit. We'll also be using an extra 10 feet of the gray duplex wire, part number ETBCXW; a Firestone fuse circuit tap kit, part number F2526; the no-drill mounting bracket from Tow Ready, part number 18136; and the Deka battery side bolt extender, part number DW05416. To begin our install we'll start with our new 7-pole connector and mounting bracket. We'll take the mounting bracket and secure it to the 7-pole connector with the hardware provided. Now with that done we'll go ahead and wrap up a portion of our wire with some black electrical tape. This will help clean up our install look and help hold our wires together. Next we'll go ahead and take the 7-pole bracket and secure it to our no-drill mounting bracket with the hardware provided. Now we can go ahead and mount the no-drill mounting bracket directly to our hitch using the worm clamp provided. more
10/29/2014 9:24:32 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 1997 Chevrolet C/K Series Pickup 90885- Video
Today on our 1997 Chevy Pickup, well be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Brake Controller, part number 90885. Now to utilize this brake controller, on some models, it will be necessary to add the Etrailer ETBC7 Brake Controller Install Kit. However, for this particular model, the manufacturer has partially run the wiring necessary to install the brake controller and 7-pole connector at the back of the vehicle, so you can utilize the brake controller. Because this one has partial wiring, were going to utilize the Hopkins 7 and 4-Pole Connector and Bracket. Along with some additional wiring will allow us to complete the manufacturers wiring to add our brake controller.To begin our install, were going to start at the rear of the vehicle. To make our install easier, were going to go ahead and lower and remove the spare tire. more
10/29/2014 4:57:24 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Today on this 2005 Chevrolet Express Van, we're going to install part number 90885. This is the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Trailer Brake Controller. To help us with our install, we're also going to use part number ETBC7. We'll work with that part first, then add our brake controller on at the end. First off, we need to install our bracket that comes with the ETBC7 kit onto our bumper here. Personal preference where you want to put it, but I like to have a few inches away from the loops here for your safety chains. I'm just going to mark my holes, and drill out the bumper. more
10/28/2014 11:44:42 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today this 2005 Chevrolet Silverado Crew-Cab, we're going to install part number 90195. This is a Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Trailer Break Controller. Also, to help us with our install we're going to be using part number 3015-P.This is a Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter Electric Break Controllers with GM Tow Packages. Okay, first thing we need to do is go ahead and get access to a tow package port. In this case, it's going to be underneath the dash on the left hand side in the junction box right behind the break pedal. So there's a plastic nut that we have to remove and we can go ahead and pop off the cover. Go ahead and remove this nut in the center and we'll go ahead and work the cover off. more
10/23/2014 10:00:45 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 1994 Chevrolet C/K Series Pickup- Video
Today on our 1994 Chevy Pickup, we'll be installing the Curt Triflex Brake Controller, part number C51140. This will be in conjunction with the etrailer Brake Controller Install Kit, part number ETBC7. We'll plug in our trailer and we'll have a CC showing that our trailer wiring is connected, then we can press on the brake pedal and watch the numbers increase. We can also use the hand sweep to energize our trailer braking. Once we remove our trailer wiring from the 7-Pole connector, we'll get a DC for disconnected. To start, we'll first go ahead and assemble the 7-Pole adapter bracket. more
10/15/2014 6:38:54 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche- Video
Today on a 2005 Chevrolet Avalanche we're going to install part number C51140. This is a Curt TriFlex Trailer Brake Controller. All right. Now to help us with our install to plug into the factory tow package on our Avalanche, we're going to use part number C51352. This is a Curt Custom Wiring Adapter for trailer brake controllers. We'll go ahead and find our tow package port to begin with. We'll open up the driver's side door and look right behind the parking brake pedal. Well see a small black box with a screw in its center that we have to remove. more
9/16/2014 1:22:52 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Rate your transcript OrderClientKevin BrossRef #20632Order #TC0829253198 Today on our 2007 Chevrolet express van we're going to be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 trailer brake controller, part number 90885. Now because this vehicle did not come from the factory with a tow package we're going to also be installing the universal installation kit for a trailer brake controller, part number ETBC7. Now we have power onto our brake controller. We'll go ahead and slide the manual override which is the lever on the bottom. You'll see when we do that it says NC for not connected. That's means we do not currently have a trailer connected. We'll go ahead and plug on in real quick. Now you can see here with our trailer connected and you push the manual override you'll get a number. more
8/18/2014 10:30:21 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 39510- Video
Today on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Voyager trailer brake controller, part number 39510. The first step to installing our trailer brake controller is to find the factory wiring for our controller install. The wire will be marked with a tag to show you how to hook up the brake controller. For this install, we'll be using the plug and play harness for the installation, part number 75127. We'll wire this in according to our instructions and to the factory wiring. Your wires should be labeled to match up to the factory wires. We'll start with our ground wire, which is the white wire and we'll reference the factory wiring harness tag, which also says the white wire is the ground on this. Strip that wire back. more
7/16/2014 1:51:17 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 3025-P- Video
Today on our 2002 Chevrolet Silverado we'll be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P3 Trailer Brake Controller, Part Number 90195. In addition to the P3 Brake Controller, we'll also be installing the Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter for electric brake controllers for GM vehicles, Part Number 3025-P. We're going to first begin by installing the Tekonsha Wiring Adapter. We're going to need to remove this cover right here. We're up underneath the driver's side near the pedals. We'll need to remove this cover on the fuse box here. Go ahead and remove this plastic nut. more
7/14/2014 6:00:02 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse TK90160- Video
Today, on our 2010 Chevy Traverse, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Primus IQ trailer brake controller for 1 to 3 axles, part number TK90160. The additional items we'll be using to complete the brake package hookup will ring terminals, part number 44-5356A. We'll also be using a total of approximately 35 feet of the jacketed 2 wire, in 12 gauge. It's part number 12-2-1. We'll also be using 2 breakers on the installation. We'll be using 1 inline 20 amp breaker, which is part number 9506P, and one 40 amp inline circuit breaker, which is part number 9510. Now, because this vehicle has already had an ETBC7 started on it, we're just going to need to do a little bit of clean up work. The purple wire will not be used, and we will just take that up out of the way, and we will take part of our duplex wire, which is a white and a black wire, and we will connect the black wire to the black wire here, using a butt connector. We will also go ahead and connect the white wire to the blue wire. Again, we'll go ahead and use a butt connector to make this connection. Now, once we have this connection made, we're going to go ahead and clean up the wiring back here by using some zip ties, and electrical tape. Now, we're going to need to go ahead and route the gray duplex wire to the front of the vehicle. You want to make sure you stay away from any moving parts, areas that are sharp, or may become hot. We're going to need to find a grommet or something to poke into the cab of the vehicle. Now, this grommet, when you go from the inside of the vehicle, is actually to the right side of the gas pedal. Now, when you push the white wire in through the grommet, we'll go ahead then and push the additional white and black wire, but we're going to leave it in the gray sheathing for now. Next, we'll need to fish a second duplex wire, along with the left over black wire from the original duplex wire, into the engine compartment under the hood. Underneath the pedals here, there's a kick panel, or a plastic covering, that will need to be removed. There are 3 push fasteners that will need to be removed in order for this panel to come down. A flat head screwdriver, or a trim panel removal tool, works great to get these out. The first duplex cable that we routed into the cab with the white wire will get wired to our brake controller. Now, for the red wire, we are going to use the factory tow section, and we will find which wire is only hot when the brake pedal is pressed in. As you can see here, using our test light, we find that the white wire is essentially the brake switch wire. more
7/14/2014 4:57:01 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2003 Chevrolet Venture- Video
Today on our 2003 Chevy Venture van we'll be installing the ETrailer Universal Brake Controller Install Kit, part number ETVC7. We'll be doing this in conjunction with the Tekonsha Voyager Brake Controller, part number 39510. To start we'll first go ahead and assemble the 7-pole adapter bracket. With the hardware provided we'll use it to attach the bracket to the 7-pole adapter. We'll go ahead and take the bracket, feed it over the wires, and up to the back of the mounting surface for the 7-pole adapter. Then we'll take the screws, feed them through the front side of the 7-pole, and secure it with the nuts on the back side. more
7/10/2014 8:59:31 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2003 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, we're going to be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 trailer brake controller, part number 90885. In conjunction with the brake controller installation, we'll also be installing the wiring adapter, part number 3015-P. Now, we're going to go ahead and remove this cover right here that gains us access to some electrical ports. To do that, we'll need to remove this little plastic nut, and you can simply pull the cover off and set it aside. Now, you'll notice here on the back side of the cover, there is a wiring diagram. We're looking for the second one over here. It's a trailer 6-way plug. more
7/1/2014 3:20:52 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Today is 2006 Chevrolet express van. We're going to install part number 90885 from inaudible 00:00:05. Now to help us install our brake controller we'll be using part number 37185 from Hopkins. This is our 4 pole to 7 pole adapter. We'll go ahead and start off installing the bracket for our 7 pole connector. It looks like there's a bracket already installed on her vehicle, so we're going to just reuse one of the holes. more
6/11/2014 5:00:08 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Express Van HM47297- Video
Speaker: Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Express Van we'll be installing the Hopkins InSIGHT Flex-Mounted Trailer Brake Controller, Part Number HM47297. Now let's go ahead and go over a few features in how the brake controller works. We have our slide here which is the manual override. There's a single button over here on the left hand side, it's a sensitivity button. There are seven different settings that basically tell the controller how aggressively you want the brakes applied. The two buttons over here on the right hand side are what adjust the power output going back to the trailer brakes. The top button lowers the power setting and the bottom button will increase the amount of maximum power that can go back to your trailer brakes. more
5/6/2014 2:26:53 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2001 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today with our 2001 Chevrolet Silverado, well be installing the universal installation kit for trailer brake controllers part number ETBC7. In conjunction with the ETBC7 kit, were also going to be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Brake Controller part number 90885, as well as the Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter for GM vehicles part number 3025-P.Im going to first begin by mounting the bracket that holds this 4-and 7-way plug. Were going to mount it here to the underside of the bumper. With our bracket held up into position, well go ahead and take a paint marker and mark the two holes that well need to drill out.With our two holes marked, were going to need to take a drill bit and drill out both of these two locations so that we can mount the bracket. Then add a couple screws to hold it in place.Next, were going to need to mount the plug to the bracket. Go ahead and slide the wires to the opening here, line up the holes in the bracket with the plug and were going to add the screws. more
4/29/2014 11:59:39 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Express Van, we'll be installing the ETBC7 kit, part number ETBC7 and in conjunction with that, we'll be installing the Prodigy P2 Brake Controller, part number 90885. For this vehicle here, it already has a four flat wiring connection installed, but it's stored inside the vehicle and not underneath the vehicle. We're going to need to first get the four flat wiring connection down underneath the vehicle near the center of the hitch. Let's go ahead and show you how to do that. Now, we first need to remove this panel right here. To actually remove the panel, you'll stick the flathead screw driver on the trim panel removal tool underneath the bottom side and pry outward or towards the front of the vehicle. Now, up inside this opening here, there's a piece of plastic that kind of lock things off. We're going to need to take a large flathead screwdriver and loosen that up a little bit so we can slide our wiring down past it. more
4/22/2014 3:19:34 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado New Body- Video
Today, in this 2007 Chevrolet Silverado New Body, we're going to install part number 90885 from Tekonsha. This is a Prodigy P2 Brake Controller. To start of our install, we're going to ahead and look for the back view wiring harness underneath the dash of the vehicle. Sometimes, it will be easier to find and sometimes, it's tucked away in the back like this one is. Once we found it, we'll gently pull it down until we get access to our wires. When we pull it out, we discover we have five wires. The orange wire goes to the stop light that's above the cap, so we'll pull the orange wire out of the way. more
2/26/2014 4:37:31 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado C51140- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be installing the Curt TriFlex Trailer Brake Controller for one to four axles in the proportional style part number C51140. Additionally, well be installing the Curt Universal Wiring Adapter for Curt Trailer Brake Controllers part number C51515. Well being here over on the driver side underneath the dash. Well need to pull down the factor wires and well be using it to tie in with our brake controller. This here is the Curt Universal Wiring Adapter for Curt Brake Controllers. We need to connect these four wires to four of the wires here. Well be making these connections using some butt connectors. The butt connectors that well be using to make these connections are part number DW05714. more
2/20/2014 12:41:15 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 3016- Video
Today on this 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Crewcab, we're going to install the Prodigy P3 trailer brake controller, part number 90195 from Tekonsha. To help us with our install, we're going to use part number 3016. This is the Tekonsha plug in wiring adapter for electric brake controllers. We're going to start off with that part first. This will actually plug into a port underneath the dash on the left hand side. There's a box that has a lid on it, just behind the parking brake. more
2/18/2014 4:48:22 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Express Van TK90160- Video
Today on our 2005 Chevrolet Express van, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Primus IQ trailer brake controller for one to three axels. Part number TK90160. To begin with, we'll go ahead and locate the four wires that are part of the factory tow package on this vehicle. You'll see they're right up here underneath the driver side dash, kind of near where the brake pedal is. On our brake controller, we get a short pigtail and it has four different color wires: a black, a red, a white and a blue. We'll go ahead and connect them using some butt connectors, so we'll be tying the blue wire off of our connector that goes in the back of the brake controller to the large blue wire on our factory wiring harness. The black wire off of our brake controller will tie in with the red wire with the white stripe off of our factory wiring harness. more
12/6/2013 12:03:21 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 90195- Video
All right, today on this 2008 Chevrolet Silverado were going to install part number 90195 from Tekonsha. This is the P3 brake controller. First off well go ahead and look for the existing towing harness thats underneath the dash. Most of the time its hanging down a little bit from the regular wires, so its pretty easy to find. Well go ahead and point it out to you and then pull it gently down to get the wires away from the rest of the harness, and then well go ahead and install the wire harness from the brake controller. Well go ahead and strip our wires back and then add our butt connectors. more
7/18/2013 5:56:38 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 90885- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevy Silverado we'll be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 brake controller part number 90885. To begin our install we'll first locate the manufacturers wiring harness where the brake controller pigtail is taped up to the main wiring harness.Now that we've located the wires using our utility knife we will go ahead and cut them free. Then we'll pull down the tape and label which will identify the functions of each color. Then we'll go ahead and cut off any excess from the wires and strip them back.Next, we'll take our brake controller pigtail and add the bud connectors provided with our install kit. Now with our wires ready we'll go ahead and start making our connections.Starting with the dark blue wire coming from the vehicle and the dark blue from the brake controller pigtail we'll go ahead and connect the two with the yellow bud connector. We'll repeat the same process with the white wire from the vehicle and the white wire from our brake controller pigtail.Next, we'll take the red wire with the black tracer from the vehicle and connect it with the black wire coming from the brake controller pigtail and finally we'll take the light blue wire with the white tracer from the vehicle and connect it with the red wire from the brake controller pigtail completing the brake to a circuit.Now with all of our connections made I'm going to go ahead and take some black electrical tape and wrap up our wires also it will help clean up our install. more
7/2/2013 2:47:57 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 3015-P- Video
Today on our 2004 Chevy Silverado, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 brake controller, in conjunction with the Tekonsha plug-in wiring adaptor for electric brake controllers for General Motors products, part number 90885-3015P. to begin with, we'll go ahead and locate and area where we want to mount the brake controller. In this particular case, we're going to use a small pocket that's part of the dash, and put two holes up into it, and use the metal bracket that comes with the kit to mount the brake controller. Now to start with, we'll go ahead and hold the bracket up and mark our locations where we need to drill. Now to mount the metal bracket, we went ahead and got a couple machine screws and nuts to go ahead and mount it. These are not supplied with the kit, and you will need to get them separately. more
6/26/2013 8:53:38 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche- Video
Today, on our 2013, Chevy Avalanche, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Brake Controller, Part Number 90885. To begin our install, we'll go ahead and mount the brake controller bracket. For this application, we're mounting here on the driver side to the left of the steering wheel. Once we have the bracket or pocket secure, we can then go ahead and locate the manufacturers towing harness. This will be up underneath the dash here on the driver side between the parking brake pedal and the brake pedal. You'll notice there's a white tape going around it, securing it to the manufacturers harness that has a black electrical tape wrapped around it. These wires will be exposed. We'll go ahead and cut the tape and pull the wires down to gain access to them. more
6/11/2013 3:00:02 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2010 Chevrolet Silverado well be installing the Tekonsha Voyager Brake Controller, part number 39510 in conjunction with the Tekonsha Pigtail Wiring Harness, part number 7894. The first step of our install will be locating the manufacturers wiring up underneath the dash. This will be taped to the outside of a wire loom and a white sticker color indicator wrapped around it. Our first step will be cutting these wires free and pulling the sticker so we know which color has which power feed. Now for this application well only be using four of the five wires and the orange wire will not be used so Im going to go ahead and wrap it up then wrap up some of the wires with some black electrical tape. Then well go ahead and strip back each one of the wires adding a butt connector. more
3/25/2013 6:39:13 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 90195- Video
Okay, today on this 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, were going to install part number 90195 from Tekonsha. This is the P3 Brake Controller. The first thing were going to do is get underneath the dash and find the factory tow harness for our brake controller. Well go ahead and look up underneath the dash and over towards the left hand side looking up. Therell be some wires taped up. On this vehicle, its actually pretty easy to see. more
3/1/2013 11:46:47 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2001 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
All right, today on this 2001 Chevrolet Express Van were going to install part #: 39523, this is the Tekonsha Power Track brake controller. Now to install this were also going to use part #: ETBC7, the brake controller install kit. Were going to start with that part first. Were going to start off of our wiring harness and start from the rear of the vehicle and work our way up. All right, next well go ahead and take our 7 pole bracket and were going to attach it directly to the bumper. All right, now well go ahead and take our seven to four pole adaptor, well attach it to the bracket, then well take the four pole and connect it to the preexisting four poles on the van. more
12/17/2012 3:05:16 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 90195- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado we will be installing the Tekonsha P3 trailer brake controller, part number 90195. Now to begin our installation we will need to locate the wiring in the vehicle. It is usually found tied underneath the dash somewhere around the steering column. We will simply pull it down where we can identify the wires. Using the owners manual we now know that the red wire with the black tracer is our power wire. The blue wire is our brake signal to the trailer. more
11/27/2012 9:35:49 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today on our 2011 Chevy Suburban, we'll be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Brake Controller, part number 90885. Our first step will be to locate the manufacturer's wiring that we'll be connecting to. If you look near the parking brake actuator or arm, in between that and the brake pedal, you'll see a red wire with a black stripe, a blue wire, a light blue wire with a white stripe, and a white wire. These will be taped or wrapped to a bundle of wires. As you can see, we've located them. We'll need to go ahead and cut them free. more
10/19/2012 8:27:03 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
9/14/2012 2:10:12 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2000 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on the 2000 Chevrolet Silverado, we're going to install Part #39510 from Tekonsha. This is a Voyager brake controller. The first step is actually put a connector on the back of the truck. The part we're going to use to do that will be 37185. The brake controller and adapter cable also come in the package, Part #39510-3025-p. Now, we'll start off by installing the bracket onto the bumper. more
6/11/2012 9:23:27 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2011 Chevy Silverado, well be installing the Tekonsha brake controller 90195. So, our first step will be to locate the manufacturers wiring that will be connecting our brake controller wiring. Here above the brake pedal is the manufacturers wiring outside of any wiring loom. Youll notice therell be five wires as in orange, which we will not be using, the dark blue which will be our brake signal that will go to our seven poll, a light blue wire which will be the brake pedal signal, a red wire with a black tracer which will our power wire and then a white wire which will be our ground. Ill go ahead and cut some of the excess length off, as we will not need at all. Now well go ahead and strip back each one and a butt connector. more
6/6/2012 11:49:39 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe- Video
Today on this 2011 Chevrolet Tahoe, were going to be installing the Tekonsha P3 Brake Controller part number 90195. The first thing we need to do is find a suitable location for our mounting bracket. You'll want to make sure before you start mounting the bracket to the vehicle, that you check to make sure that there are no electrical components behind where you're going to mount it. Were clear on the back of this plastic tab and theres the metal structure here for our dash that we'll also be drilling in to. This is going to provide a secure mount for our brake controller. Next well use the small machine screws that came with our brake controller with the lock washers on them to mount the controller to the bracket. more
5/10/2012 11:23:21 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Uplander- Video
Today on this 2006 Chevrolet Uplander, well be installing the Tekonsha PRIMUS Brake Controller, part number TK90160 and ETBC7 installation. We will now go ahead and get a wire harness for each install on the vehicle. We will take a gray cable with the black and white wires and connect it up to the cables on the 7-pole connector. We will connect black to black and the blue wire, we will connect it to our white wire. And then we will go ahead and install the loom and get it ready. Now, we will move on to installing the bracket for our 7-pole connector. more
4/15/2012 2:19:12 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2003 Chevrolet Express Van- Video
Today we have a 2003 Chevy Express 2500 and we're going to be installing an ETBC7 Kit, part number ETBC7, as well as our Prodigy P2 Brake Controller, part number 90885. The first thing we need to do is mount our bracket. We've positioned our bracket and marked a couple of holes here with a paint marker. We'll take a couple of self-tapping screws and attach our bracket. With our seven-way bracket installed, we're ready to mount our actual seven-way. We'll feed the loose wires up and over the hitch and put the seven-way into the bracket. more
3/22/2012 5:59:18 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 90885- Video
All right, today on this 2012 Chevy Silverado, we're going to install part #90885 from the inaudible. This is the P2 brake controller. First thing we need to do is go ahead and find the factory wiring harness on our truck. Now it's located behind the dash underneath the steering wheel just a little towards the left and a little bit left of the brake pedal. Now it's pretty far up in there so it'll take a while to find. Now, take the wires and let's gently pull them down. more
3/16/2012 8:34:51 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2005 Chevrolet TrailBlazer- Video
Today we're working on a 2005 Chevy TrailBlazer. We're going to install the Tekonsha P-3 Brake Controller, product number 90195. Our first step is to remove the lower kick panel. There are several fasteners that will have to be removed. Ok, with our kick panel lowered we need to locate the manufacturer's wiring that we're going to connect to. This white tag is the indicator that we're looking for and then you can see the taped off ends here taped up to the manufacturer's harness. more
1/4/2012 3:35:15 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Silverado tk90160- Video
Today on this 2011 Chevy Silverado, were gonna install the Tekonsha PRIMUS IQ Brake Controller part number 90160.Our first step is to identify the manufacturers wires that we need to make our connection as seen here under the dash that theyve taped up. Im gonna go ahead and cut that connection and pull them free.The manufacturer has five wires here. Were actually only going to use four of them. The orange one will not be used. The red wire with the black stripe, were gonna match it up with our black wire that goes to the pigtail that well connect with our brake controller. Ill go ahead and make that connection now.The red wire with the black stripe is gonna be our power. more
12/20/2011 12:07:22 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer- Video
Today on this 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer with factory installed tow package we are going to be installing the Tekonsha P3 brake controller part number 90195. The first thing I want to note before we do our installation is what exactly the factory 7-pole looks like on the back of the Trailblazer that is going to indicate whether or not this vehicle has the wires underneath the dash to hook the brake controller into. Looking at the rear bumper area here you can see the factory installed 7-pole is kind of underneath mounted at an angle and again it is mounted to the factory hitch as well. On the lid itself there is the GM logo printed on it, that is a kind of cut and dry indicator right there as well. If you have the factory 7-pole you will have the wires under the dash to hook your brake controller to, if you do not you are likely going to have to do a manual hardwire of the brake controller and you will need to purchase some other components. 00:50 more
10/16/2010 12:50:04 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer- Video
Today on this 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer we are going to install the Prodigy P2 brake controller part number 90885. The first step is to get access to the wire harness itself. There is a plastic trim panel right here along this edge that goes toward the front of the vehicle. There are two screws here and here that we have to remove so you can take it down and out of the way to get to the wire harness. From here it should just unsnap. Over here on the far left is the wires for the brake controller. They are taped up so you will probably have to pull them out a little and we have our four wires. 00:43 more
9/10/2010 3:53:04 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2000 Chevy Silverado Part 3- Video
And we can just tuck that out of our way and maybe zip-tie it later. The next part we have to do is run our power wires to the brake controller. The easiest way to do it, honestly, is to go straight to the battery. You do not have to worry about any unnecessary connections. That being said, battery terminals do corrode over time. That could end up losing the connection due to corrosion that way. That being said that batteries do corrode which can lead to problems connecting to the brake controller, another way, that is not recommended by the manufacturer but it could be done technically, you could come off of this post here which is supplied by a 30 amp fuse. And then what you could do is come off here, go to your 20 amp reset breaker, so there is still a fuse with the right amperage, and make your connections here for the positive. And you could run your connection all of the way up to, say like this battery here, has a connection to the frame or to the body. You could probably make your connection there. Because, sometimes you run into a situation where the connections are already corroded up and it is probably not in the best interest to go ahead and take them apart again and redo them because you might have a bigger headache that you are not prepared to deal with. You could probably do it that way. In this case, I think we will go ahead and use this battery here. This truck actually has two batteries set up. 1:09 more
2/4/2010 9:11:45 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2000 Chevy Silverado Part 2- Video
The wires are ran from the rear to the front. However, they are pretty much out of reach. They are actually buried right down below the brake booster here. The blue and orange wires are kind of coiled up there. Basically, you have to climb on top of the engine, reach down and break them loose and pull them up. And even so, half of the time they are not long enough to work with. So you have to extend them, especially for the blue wire anyway. All right, the next thing that I am going to do, since we are here, is go ahead and hook up our hot lead. Basically, you can use either one of these posts. I believe these two fuses take care of the power going to these posts. And they fit in the little pocket there. They do not come with any nuts on here. So, you will have to go out and get you some metric 10 millimeter nuts to fit this stud. You will have to get this nut separate, from the hardware store. And it is an 8 millimeter nut in thickness and diameter. And the thread pitch is 1.25. 0:46 Put that on there for now. Next what we need to do is go underneath the dash and drill out a hole to get between the engine compartment and the dashboard. 0:55 more
2/4/2010 9:11:45 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 90885- Video
Today on this 2009 Chevy Silverado, we are going to be installing Prodigy P2 brake controller part number 90885. Okay to install the brake controller on this Chevy Silverado, we first need to locate the brake control wiring package. It comes included from the factory, and this particular vehicle does not have a brake control port like other models do, but it actually has the loose wires attached for us to attach directly into. There is going to be a blue, a red, a light blue, an orange and a white wires. So if we find those, go ahead and cut the tape that is holding them and that will allow the full lute of wires to protrude down below. 0:37 more
7/5/2009 9:23:01 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Suburban- Video
Today we are going to be installing the Prodigy, part number 90185, on a 2004 Chevrolet Suburban. We also are going to using the Prodigy adapter for the Suburban, part number 3015-P. The first thing we want to do is to locate the port that the brake control plug is going to plug into. As you can see, we are in the drivers side cab area, underneath the steering column. It will be located on the top row, second from the left. So what we are going to do is go ahead and remove the cover here, and go ahead and plug in the brake control plug. And we are going to go ahead and plug in part 3015-P. And it plugs in right there. And as you can see, the other end of the harness here has the plug end for the Prodigy itself. So I am going to go ahead and route these wires up and over, out of the way. And then we are going to go ahead and find a suitable mounting point for the Prodigy itself. OK, I went ahead and routed the harness up and out of the way. I have routed it over here to the right side of the steering column. On the Chevy Suburban here, there is actually a lip that is folded under on the bottom side of the dash here, which makes a perfect spot to mount the bracket for the brake controller itself. So I am going to go ahead and mount it in that location there. more
12/15/2008 9:30:43 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2000 Chevy Silverado Part 1- Video
On this 2000 C/K Series Pickup we are going to install brake controller part number 39523 from Tekonsha. This is their Powertrac brake controller. This factory tow package also applies to Chevrolet and GMC trucks as far back as I believe the early 90s. I do not know down to 88 or not. It was new bought when this body style came out. We are going to begin our install work from the rear of the vehicle and work our way forward. The tow package on this body style is all stored right here behind the bumper and this channel underneath the bed of the pickup truck. All you have got to do is cut this down and pull it out. There is a harness that you pull out and it is designed to be spliced onto. For the towing package from a brake controller and a hot lead it is actually ran inside the frame and it does not come that far back. That is located on the frame on the driver side. 00:48 more
12/12/2008 4:52:12 AM
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