Draw-Tite I-Command Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2003 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Ryan: Hey everybody. My name's Ryan and here at etrailer, we install, test fit, and review a lot of different parts. That way we can try to answer any questions those of you might have. And that's exactly what we're doing here today, on our 2003 Chevrolet Silverado. We're going to be taking a look at and showing you how to install the Draw-Tite I-Command Brake Controller. We're going to be installing that in conjunction with the Tekonsha Plug-in Wiring Adapter.So there's a couple things I really like about this brake controller, probably the first one being how compact it is. more
11/22/2020 9:42:10 AM
Best 2006 Chevrolet Silverado Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today, we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now, we chose these brake controllers based on several different factors. Mainly, ease of use in the experience that we have with them here in the shop, and also what our customers say about them; which ones they like, which ones they have problems with.Here, we have our Curt TriFlex. Here's the Tekonsha Prodigy P3. This is an extremely popular brake controller that we carry. The REDARC Tow-Pro Elite, and for kind of a curve ball, we've got the Prodigy RF. more
8/24/2018 1:17:40 PM
Best 2005 Chevrolet Silverado Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2500 and 3500. Now we chose these brake controllers based on several different factors, mainly ease of use and the experience that we have with them here in the shop, and also what our customers say about them, which ones they like, which ones they have problems with.Here we have our CURT TriFlex. Here's the Tekonsha Prodigy P3. This is an extremely popular brake controller that we carry. The REDARC Tow-Pro Elite, and for kind of a curve ball we've got the Prodigy RF. This is the radio frequency model that actually mounts to your trailer. more
8/24/2018 1:12:42 PM
Best 2004 Chevrolet Silverado Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now we chose these brake controllers based on several different factors, mainly ease of use and the experience that we have with them here in the shop, and also what our customers say about them, which ones they like, which ones they have problems with.Here we have our CURT TriFlex. Here's the Tekonsha Prodigy P3. This is an extremely popular brake controller that we carry. The Redarc Tow-Pro Elite. For kind of a curve ball we've got the Prodigy RF. more
8/24/2018 1:12:12 PM
Best 2003 Chevrolet Silverado Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now we chose these brake controllers based on several different factors, mainly ease of use and the experience that we have with them here in the shop, and also what our customers say about them, which ones they like, which ones they have problems with.Here we have our CURT TriFlex. Here's the Tekonsha Prodigy P3. This is an extremely popular brake controller that we carry. The Redarc Tow-Pro Elite. For kind of a curve ball we've got the Prodigy RF. more
8/16/2018 1:22:11 PM
Best 2013 Chevrolet Silverado Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500.Now these brake controllers have been chosen for a few different reasons. Ease of use is the most important, we really like one that's not too hard to use. But also our experience with them here in the shop, we have our favorite. Then also our customers, we like to look at all of your guys feedback and see which one's work and the best for you, which one you like the most. Then present them to you, so you know which one's going to be the right one for your situation.Now all the brake controllers that we're going to look at today are proportional controllers. It's a newer technology available and it really is just a lot better than what the time delayed systems used to be. more
7/18/2018 11:07:13 AM
Best 2012 Chevrolet Silverado Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now, these brake controllers have been chosen for a few different reasons. Ease of use is the most important. We really like one that's not too hard to use, but also our experience with them in here in the shop, we have our favorites, and then also our customers. We like to look at all of your guys' feedback and see which one is working the best for you, which one you like the most, and then present them to you so you know which one is going to be the right one for your situation.Now, all the brake controllers that we're going to look at today are proportional controllers. It's a newer technology available, and it really is just a lot better than what the time-delayed systems used to be. more
7/18/2018 11:02:57 AM
Best 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now these brake controllers have been chosen for a few different reasons. Ease of use is the most important. We really like one that's not too hard to use, but also our experience with them here in the shop. We have our favorites. Then, also, our customer. more
7/18/2018 11:02:43 AM
Best 2010 Chevrolet Silverado Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2010 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now these brake controllers have been chosen for a few different reasons. Ease of use is the most important. We really like one that's not too hard to use, but also our experience with them here in the shop. We have our favorites. Then also our customers. more
7/18/2018 11:02:28 AM
Best 2009 Chevrolet Silverado Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500.Now these brake controllers have been chosen for a few different reasons, ease of use is the most important. We really like one that's not too hard to use, but also our experience with them here in the shop, we have our favorites. Then also our customers. We like to look at all of your guys feedback, and see which ones work the best for you, which one you like the most, and then present them to you so you know which one's going to be the right one for your situation.Now all the brake controllers that we're going to look at today are proportional controllers. It's a newer technology available, and it is really just a lot better than what the time delayed systems used to be. Basically with the time delayed system, it was pre programmed when your brakes would engage. more
7/18/2018 11:02:14 AM
Best 2008 Chevrolet Silverado Trailer Brake Controller Options- Video
Speaker 1: Today we're going to be taking a look at the best brake controllers available for the 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500, 2500, and 3500. Now, these brake controllers have been chosen for a few different reasons. Ease of use is the most important. We really like one that's not too hard to use, but also our experience with them here in the shop, we have our favorites, and then also our customers. We like to look at all of your guys' feedback and see which one's working the best for you, which one you like the most, and then present them to you so you know which one's going to be the right one for your situation.Now, all of the brake controllers that we're going to look at today are proportional controllers. It's a newer technology available, and it really is just a lot better than what the time delayed systems used to be. more
7/16/2018 1:57:13 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 we're going to take a look at and also show you how to install the Tekonsha Primus IQ Proportional Trailer Brake Controller. This is going to work for one up to three axles. It's part number is TK90160. The Primus IQ, again, is a proportional brake controller, which is going to give us great advantages over the older time-delayed systems. With those systems it was a pre-set power range. You hit your brakes. The level of power escalates till you get to your top setting. more
3/24/2017 3:08:49 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado we're going to be taking a look at and installing the Hopkins insight flex mount trailer brake controller. Part number HM47297. On our controller switch there's a manual override, so if you needed to apply the brakes to your trailer manually simply squeeze in and apply pressure. This button with the plus and the minus on it is going to control your power sent to your trailer brakes. As you go up it goes up in increments of 5% and will do the same thing on the way down. The other side of that switch has an S on the button. more
2/18/2016 1:57:47 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevy Silverado, we're going to be installing the Curt Discovery Time Delay Trailer Break Controller. Works for up to 4 axels. Part is C51120. We're also going to be using the Universal Wiring Adapter, part #C51515. The Curt Discovery's going to offer a push button activator, here on the side of it. It's going to give us full control of our breaks if we need to do them manually. more
6/1/2015 2:01:06 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado C51140- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado we'll be installing the CURT TriFlex trailer brake controller, part number C51140. Here you can see we've got two lights once we've got our key on and the trailer connected. That indicates that our brake controller is getting power and also that we've got our trailer connected. Our sync modes that we have here for the level 1, 2, 3, and 4, that's going to actuate our brake and see how quickly it goes on. Now, since this is a TriFlex or a sensing system, if we apply our brakes it knows we're sitting still. It's only going to give us about 1.5% gain. more
4/27/2015 4:33:54 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 we're going to install the Tekonsha Prodigy P2 Brake Controller, part number 90885. Here's what our brake controller looks like once it's mounted. On the driver's side of the brake controller is a thumb wheel for adjusting the gain control. This will allow us to adjust our gain down or up as needed. Then, here on the passenger side of our brake controller, is our boost function, allow us to go to Boost 1, 2 or 3 as needed for more aggressive braking, depending on our trailer's size and load. Here at the bottom of our brake controller is the manual sweep. This will allow you to apply the trailer brakes without pressing on the vehicle's brake pedal. Now let's see what it looks like with our trailer connected. more
4/23/2015 4:48:27 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 5504- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado we're going to be installing the Draw-Tite Activator IV. This time-delayed brake controller is capable of controlling 1 up to 4 axles. The part number on it is 5504. We're also going to be using the replacement brake control plugin harness, part number 20127. Here you can see once it's installed. As we activate the switch we're going to see our gain lowering and rising indicating that we've got it hooked up properly. Now a couple of nice features about it are that currently we've got our gain set to 10. more
4/9/2015 3:04:30 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado C51110- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado, we're going to be installing the Curt Venturer. This time-delayed trailer brake controller is perfect for use with 1 to 3 axles. This part number is C51110. We're also going to be using the Universal Wiring Adapter, part number C51515. A great thing about the Venturer is the sync adjustment that's available on it. This little slide bar right here on the side, we can slide this forward or we can slide it back. Sliding it back towards us is going to give us gradual braking force, so as we apply the brake you're going to see this slowly work its way over to give us maximum brake engagement. more
4/9/2015 3:03:52 PM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 5100- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado we're going be installing the Draw-Tite activator. This is a trailer brake controller designed for use with one or two axles and it uses a time delayed set up. Part number is 5100. We're also going to be using part number 20127. This is the tow ready replacement wiring harness and we'll be able to connect that right into the truck's electronics. As we slide our bar in, we're going to have our red light indicating to right here that everything is working as it should. Right above that light and just to the right there's an output slide lever. more
4/8/2015 10:16:06 AM
Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 39510- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado, we're going to be installing the Tekonsha Voyager Trailer Brake Controller. This is a 1 to 4 axle controller and it's proportional. Part number is 39510. We're also going to be using the TrailerMate Universal Wiring Harness for the trailer brake controller. its part number is TM75127. You can see with everything hooked up, when your trailer is connected, you're going to have a green light there indicating everything is fine. more
4/7/2015 2:26:17 PM
Dexter Axle Predator Electric Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado- Video
Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado we're going to be installing the Dexter Axle Predator. This is a proportional electric brake controller capable of handling two up to four brakes. Part number on it is 58-8. The Predator is going to offer us a lever activation right here. That's going to allow us to gently apply our brakes from inside of the vehicle without actually using the brake force here on the floor. As you can see, once we do press in the blank 00:30 on the floor, it gives us a reading of .17, but since this is an inertia-activated system, if we're not moving it's really not going to provide a lot of force to those brakes in the back. A great thing about the an inertia-driven system is that when we really have those emergency stops and we really have to stand on the brake, it's going to sense that and it's going to give us a lot more power back there to help us come to a stop. more
4/7/2015 2:24:26 PM
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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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