Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Speaker 1: Today the 2002 Chevrolet Silverado. We're going to review and install the universal wire harness, the Hopkins Multi-Tow vehicle and trailer connectors, part number HM40985.This is the connection point right here that goes behind your seven-fold connector. This is what's called the US car connector style. The cord has got a four-foot length to it and has provisions for all seven circuits. You've got ground, 12-volt power, brake controller output, left turn, right turn, run light circuit, and reverse lights. It also comes with a variety of butt connectors to suit different gauge of wires. more

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6/20/2018 4:37:21 PM

Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Speaker 1: Today on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado, we're going to be showing you how to install the Roadmaster Battery Charge Line Kit for Towed Vehicles, part number is RM-156-25.Now this charge line kit is really important on these GM vehicles with the steering wheel lock situation, you have to leave your key on. Even though you turn off the fan, you turn off the air, you turn off the radio, it still drains the battery. This allows us to take power from our red wire that we've got connected to the 12 volt power source on the back of our RV, that goes through a breaker and we've got it connected right here to our positive battery cable.This gives us a trickle charge effect. As we're driving down the road, the battery's constantly getting a little bit of a charge and a little bit of a charge to keep it up and maintained. The breaker is in place to help prevent any kind of overloading. If you're vehicle, maybe you've left the radio on or you've left the fan blowing, it's going to be drawing power from your battery of course.That excess draw will cause this breaker to heat up slightly and disconnect power temporarily until that system cools back down and it'll make contact again, so it's a very safe and very effective way to charge your battery while you're flat towing.The first step in the installation is going to be to get our breaker mounted. more

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4/11/2018 2:17:28 PM

Air Lift Lock-N-Lift Spacers Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Today on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 2500, we're going to do a review and install of the Air Lift LoadLifter 500 Air Helper Springs, part number AL57275, in conjunction with the Air Lift Lock and Lift Spacers, part number AL52140. Before we do our install, here's what our truck looks like with the manufacturer's equipment and an added 4" lift kit. We're going to go ahead and measure from the bottom of our wheel well down to the ground to get an idea of the current ride height. We're approximately 46-1/2". Then on the front, we're at 47-1/2". Now, we'll go ahead and add approximately 2000 pounds of weight to the rear of our truck. We'll go ahead and measure from the bottom of the wheel well down to the ground again, and we're at about 44-1/2" meaning we lost right at 2" of ride height. Our front end has actually come up about 3/4". more

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4/20/2015 2:21:06 PM

Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado 20127- Video

Today on our 2012 Chevrolet Silverado we're going to be doing an installation of the Tekonsha Voyager trailer brake controller. This is a one to four-axle controller and it is proportional. Part number is 39510. We're also going to be using the Tow Ready replacement brake control plug-in harness. This part number is 20127. 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. Now if you we're to manually input power you'll see that change. more

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4/7/2015 4:51:06 PM

Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Today on our 2002 Chevrolet Silverado 3500 HD, we're going to be installing the universal installation kit for trailer brake controllers with both a 7-way RV and a 4 flat style connector, part number ETBC7. In conjunction with our universal installation kit, we're also going to be installing the Tekonsha Prodigy P3 trailer brake controller, part number 90195. On our particular vehicle today that we're working with, it does have a stake bed or an aftermarket style bed installed on the vehicle, so a few things underneath may look just a little bit different. The kit does already come with some yellow butt connectors connected to the blue and black wire as well as the purple wire, but this particular customer has requested that we use some heat shrink style butt connectors wherever we use a butt connector. The butt connectors that we're going to be using are part number DW05745-5. These two wires right here, this black and the blue wire, we're going to go ahead and trim off the butt connector that comes with it. The blue wire is the wire that sends brake signal from the brake controller back. The black wire is your 12-volt hot or the 12-volt accessory wire. This purple wire that already has the connector on it, it is for the reverse light circuit, and on this particular application, we're not going to use that, so we're not even going to cut the butt connector off. more

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1/5/2015 2:44:43 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

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11/5/2014 1:00:06 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

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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

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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

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4/29/2014 11:59:39 AM

Gooseneck Trailer Hitch Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Silverado C60606- Video

Today, in our 2009 Chevy Silverado, we'll be installing the CURT Double Lock Gooseneck Hitch, part number C615-632. Next, let's go ahead and go to the operation of our new gooseneck hitch and ball. To release the handle, we'll pull out, rotate it to the unlock position. Then we can install the ball. To install the ball, we'll lineup the groove in the ball with the nipple in the gooseneck cylinder. We'll drop the ball in place and then release the handle locking the ball to the gooseneck. more

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2/12/2014 2:17:28 PM

Reese Quick-Install Custom Fifth Wheel Base Rails Installation - 2012 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Today on our 2012 Chevy Silverado. We'll be installing the Reese quick install custom base rails with the outpour install kit part number Rp56001-53. To begin our install, we'll first go ahead and remove the rear wheels along with the spare tire. Next we'll take the rear base rail, set it in the bed of the truck measuring from the end of the bed. Note this will not be from the end of the tailgate, from the end of the bed to the rear edge of the base rail as per the instructions. Once we have that measured out, then we'll go ahead and make sure we have the base rail centered from side to side. Now at the rear base rail in position, we'll go ahead mark the five attachment points. more

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10/18/2013 2:50:48 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado HM40985- Video

Today on our 2008 Chevy Silverado Extended Cab, were going to be installing the Hopkins Universal Wiring Harness Multi-Tow Vehicle-End for Trailer Connectors part number HM40985. Before we get started here were going to go ahead and take our test light. Were going to check to make sure that the hot wire or the red wire on the rear of the vehicle is not live. To do this we will use our test light and touch the red wire on the connector. As you can see here, it still lights up which means its hot. To disconnect this well go up underneath the fuse panel under the hood. more

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8/15/2013 4:15:54 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

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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

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3/25/2013 6:39:13 AM

K-Source Back-Up Camera Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Today on this 2010 Chevy Silverado we're going to install part number KSVS-8. The K Source Vision System mirror replacement. To start off our install we're going to go ahead and remove the original mirror. Theres a small torqued screw underneath the base of the screw where it attaches to the windshield. We'll go ahead and remove that screw then we can go ahead and take off the mirror. We'll go ahead and disconnect the wiring that goes to the mirror. more

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12/31/2012 7:08:56 AM

Convert-A-Ball Cushioned Weight Distribution Shank Review - 2013 Chevrolet Silverado- Video

Today on our 2013 Chevrolet Silverado, well be test fitting Covert-A-Ball Cushioned weight distribution shank for 2-inch hitches part number AMAC1. This weight distribution shank helps to eliminate the push and pull feeling and clank often experienced when towing heavy trailers. The multiple attachment holes allow you to level your weight distribution head. This shank rated at 10,000lbs. This shank is also compatible with Convert-A-Ball accessories including the Pintle Hook combo with balls part number PH4, the ball mount adapter part number BA1 and the Clevis pin adapter part number CA1. The accessories attached with a 5/8-inch hitch pin. more

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10/12/2012 3:34:55 PM

Fifth Wheel Hitch Kit Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500- Video

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 series, 6 foot bed, we will be installing the Signature Series rails and brackets part number 30061. We are going to do a couple of things in preparation to installing our Signature Series rails and brackets. First, we will need to lower the spare tire out of the way, and next we will need to remove the heat shield over here on the passenger side. We are going to remove this section, just forward of this cross member here, all the way back to the rear of the vehicle. :27 more

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3/1/2010 3:24:15 PM

Fifth Wheel Hitch Kit Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD- Video

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Pickup we are going to install part number 50061-6008 from towing products. First thing we need to do is get the truck ready to install the 5 th wheel. Lower the spare tire, also in this case the vehicle has a factory brake controller which you need to take the sensor off the inside of the frame rail and get that out of the way so we can install the hardware. more

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9/1/2009 5:48:32 AM

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