HELP! w/Aux switches and wiring Diagram

[peppercorn]

I found these to be nothing but a pain in the ass, for the life of me I cannot see the wisdom in Ford's thinking here. I mean, why not just have them already connected?
I was only able to mount my rear Duallys last weekend, due to technical difficulties with my front light scenario, but I went ahead and connected all of them for future use and said good ridence to that debacle.

 

[Kraka]

I found these to be nothing but a pain in the ass, for the life of me I cannot see the wisdom in Ford's thinking here. I mean, why not just have them already connected?
I was only able to mount my rear Duallys last weekend, due to technical difficulties with my front light scenario, but I went ahead and connected all of them for future use and said good ridence to that debacle.

I understand why they didn't but they should have connected atleast two. They left them unconnected if you wanted to hook up sweet neons inside of your truck.

Come on now.

They should have made a quick connect though.

 

[SilverBolt]

What a pain in the ass to solder those wires. Now I see why people are complaining that Ford should have used about 6" more wire. Wires are easy to find, stripping was not too bad. Soldering was a royal pain in the ass.

 

[peppercorn]

Neons ...Lol, why didn't I think of that.


Solder!?
I went butt connectors, still took an act of congress, a spider monkey and a thesaurus as I was running out of profanities.

 

[IRONMAN]

Neons ...Lol, why didn't I think of that.


Solder!?
I went butt connectors, still took an act of congress, a spider monkey and a thesaurus as I was running out of profanities.

I soldered and did the shrink tube and tried to make it look as professional as possible.
No electric tape. Gotta have things looking sweet, even if it's not in plain sight.

 

[Kraka]

I soldered and did the shrink tube and tried to make it look as professional as possible.
No electric tape. Gotta have things looking sweet, even if it's not in plain sight.

True Dat Homie.

What area did you use for your grounding point?

 

[IRONMAN]

True Dat Homie.

What area did you use for your grounding point?

In the engine compartment between the battery and Aux wires there is a ground wire on the fender so I added to that.

 

[peppercorn]

I soldered and did the shrink tube and tried to make it look as professional as possible.
No electric tape. Gotta have things looking sweet, even if it's not in plain sight.

No ghetto tape here, deffinately shrink tubed those beotches. I used the same ground you point you did.
I've had trouble with soldered wires breaking just before or after the solder junction in the past. A guy told me the heat from the solder gun/solder makes the copper wire at these two points brittle from said heat.
That being said it is a major move to get the striper/crimper into that location.

 

[Kraka]

Mine were really easy to grab. Could have soldered the connections, but I have never had any issues with these quick connects. I just did the two for now, but I think I am going to hook up some reverse lights as well so I may do one more.

 

[RaptorScrew]

Soldering these together are an absolute PAIN IN THE ASS!

I got two done. Working on my third and the Violet with Green Trace is about 1" shorter than the rest and cannot hang on to it.

Had to take a brake. I'm out there cursing up a storm! (My wife runs a daycare and has 8 kids here. I need to be careful!!!

Going back out... Wish me well!