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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
Normally this harness is pushed up against the frame here and you really can not see it. You will never know where to look. You will never find it. It is a lot easier to take down the spare tire but since this has already been pulled out for a previous install we will just leave it alone and you can see that the wires we need to use have already been exposed. Just move the hot lead going to the battery and this is the break lead and they both go up to the front of the vehicle. When we get to the front of the vehicle we will show you where they are terminated at. 01:15
The light green wire we are not going to use a ring terminal on because that actually goes in the center here so we do not need one. Okay to start our reverse lead and that goes into the center of the 7-pole. That is just for the reverse lights. I will show you the different wiring codes. What goes to what because on 7-poles it is not color for color hardly at all. We will start with the easy ones, the ones that do match up. We are going to run blue to blue. Blue will be your brake lead and that goes to blue on the brakes on your 7-pole. Next we will go to black and then convert it from orange to black that is your hot lead and so black on the 7-pole will always be for the hot lead. That is our constant 12 volts. We will do our ground wire and white on the 7-pole is ground also. We will do that one next. Now we will go to the ones that kind of change colors and functions. To me the easiest way to remember is to do the exact opposite of the color you are working with. Brown is running lights on the circuit for running lights on the trailer and on the truck however it is going to be green for the 7-pole function. Basically it is going to be green to brown and brown to green and yellow to red. Green lug will go to brown wire. Then we will go to our brown lug and that will be right turn for the 7-pole but it will be green on our truck and also it will be green typically on the utility trailer. Lastly we will do our left turn which will go to the red lug on our 7-pole. Just pull all of the wires back through. Then reinstall the screws to hold it in place. Double check to make sure the screws are in place. Then run some electric tape around it to seal up the rest. Now that we have got everything sealed up we will go ahead and just install it in our bracket. Just use the four screws to hold it in place. We will run our excess wire back up behind here and zip tie it and keep it secured.
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Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2000 Chevy Silverado Part 2- etrailer.comby etrailertv6,487 views
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MrDAJI56 2 months ago
Thanks very much, appreciate this video.
103ace 8 months ago
Thanks. Very helpful and well done!
Theryougo1 10 months ago