Brewmark
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I also just completed moving the Tow Mode bumper connector to inside the bed.
Ordered 5th when prep so duh. That should be part of 5th wheel prep!
RAM, are you listening?
My process was to remove spare tire, then pinch the clips on the connector in, to release it from the bumper. Then pinch the release for the FAKRA cable to disconnect it from the connector. Before I cut the hole in my brand new truck I wanted to know if I could get the cable to reach the area around 7 & 12 pin connectors. I cut two tie wraps and had plenty to reach. Then I made a template and cut the hole in the bed. Not real good at cutting straight in sheet metal but I got it done. After looking at the connector and the little fins that are at the base where the assembly mates with the truck, I decided those big cutouts on each end weren’t necessary. Just a small cutout for the fin would do. Probably about an 8th of an inch. So I just used the side of a good sized file to notch the corners for those “fins”. Then I primed the bare metal with white metal primer (All I had). Let that dry overnight and the next morning coated over the primed metal with black paint. I needed to make a gasket to fill the extra space and happened to have some fiber reinforced rubber gasket material that was about a 16th of an inch. So I cut out 3 and then glued them together. Let that dry under pressure and fished the FAKRA cable up through the new hole and connected it to the connector and slide it into place. I heard a big click as the clips cleared the sheet metal and expanded to lock the connector to the bed. The connector is solid! WooHoo! DONE!
I installed the camera on my 31 foot 5th wheel a few weeks ago. I fished it through the king pin area, into the front storage area. Then to protect it and allow for adjustments I had a bunch of ½ inch poly tubing used for drip irrigation and it was perfect to run the FAKRA cable through it all the way from the front to the rear of the camper. Used half inch clamps to secure to I-beam. I then ran it up the back wall, tie wrapping it to the posts holding the ladder to the trailer and up to the top. Used the track along the rear to make some tie downs from the ladder area to the camera. The camera now sits in the same spot as my former wireless Voyager camera. I checked out the view. Looked good in the Digital mirror. Will refine before we leave for the east coast in May
Ordered 5th when prep so duh. That should be part of 5th wheel prep!
RAM, are you listening?
My process was to remove spare tire, then pinch the clips on the connector in, to release it from the bumper. Then pinch the release for the FAKRA cable to disconnect it from the connector. Before I cut the hole in my brand new truck I wanted to know if I could get the cable to reach the area around 7 & 12 pin connectors. I cut two tie wraps and had plenty to reach. Then I made a template and cut the hole in the bed. Not real good at cutting straight in sheet metal but I got it done. After looking at the connector and the little fins that are at the base where the assembly mates with the truck, I decided those big cutouts on each end weren’t necessary. Just a small cutout for the fin would do. Probably about an 8th of an inch. So I just used the side of a good sized file to notch the corners for those “fins”. Then I primed the bare metal with white metal primer (All I had). Let that dry overnight and the next morning coated over the primed metal with black paint. I needed to make a gasket to fill the extra space and happened to have some fiber reinforced rubber gasket material that was about a 16th of an inch. So I cut out 3 and then glued them together. Let that dry under pressure and fished the FAKRA cable up through the new hole and connected it to the connector and slide it into place. I heard a big click as the clips cleared the sheet metal and expanded to lock the connector to the bed. The connector is solid! WooHoo! DONE!
I installed the camera on my 31 foot 5th wheel a few weeks ago. I fished it through the king pin area, into the front storage area. Then to protect it and allow for adjustments I had a bunch of ½ inch poly tubing used for drip irrigation and it was perfect to run the FAKRA cable through it all the way from the front to the rear of the camper. Used half inch clamps to secure to I-beam. I then ran it up the back wall, tie wrapping it to the posts holding the ladder to the trailer and up to the top. Used the track along the rear to make some tie downs from the ladder area to the camera. The camera now sits in the same spot as my former wireless Voyager camera. I checked out the view. Looked good in the Digital mirror. Will refine before we leave for the east coast in May