Project LM 365

Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Nov 27, 2016

Who knows I've only seen my tires go up to about 123 PSI
My thoughts are they only read up to 125psi I don't think going over that will hurt them but who knows.
It won't hurt anything to find out !!!!

It's like a pressure gauge that goes up to 100psi if you hit it with 150 psi it still only reads 100psi but it doesn't hurt it.

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IronJ · Nov 27, 2016

jesstalkn said:
I wanted to comment about the brakes on the new F350...
With to GMC I have always had trouble in a panic stopping situation. Also I was getting a pulsating peddle going down big mountains. I turned the rotors and it didn't make a difference, so I install all new brakes and new rotors... STILL DOES IT. Also set the trailer brakes at 10 Max and they really don't seem to do much.
I have the Titan disc brakes here to install but I wanted to try the same setup with the new ford before I installed the new brakes.
Well I cant feel much of a difference on the drum from the GMC to the Ford !!!!
Driving the GMC I always had to worry about if something happened in front of me would I be able to stop in time, and where I was going to be able bale out to one side or the other. I've had a few close calls that scared the you know what out of me. Truck set on 10 and peddle to the floor

Well the other night on our first trip with the new Ford we were going down a hill following a empty cattle truck when the stop light at the bottom of the hill turn yellow then red and the truck did a quick stop and so did we. The Ford stopped us with no effort at all and I could of stopped even sooner. My GMC I would of had to bale out to the left or to the right of the cattle truck I know it wouldn't have stopped in time. That's why I bought the disc brakes.

I will still be installing the disc brakes very soon and will have that much more piece of mind while traveling

Same here...the stock brakes on my ford blow my old (if a 2012 is old?) Dodge brakes out of the water...no comparison whatsoever in a panic stop situation...

I am (in the spirit of why not and wasting more money) installing the Wildwood big brake kit and titan discs over the winter.....so yeah...I don't think I'll have a stopping issue anywhere in the near future!!

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Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Nov 28, 2016

Today's project is going Well

I cut down a band sensor bracket, drilled a hole and bolted the sensor to it with 6-32 × 1/2 cap screw and lock nut.

Now I need to make 3 more

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CarterKraft · Nov 28, 2016

Nice out of the box thinking. I was going to suggest the band method but I like this even better.

Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Nov 29, 2016

Now I'm working on getting the plug for the rear camera and TPMS into the bed of the truck.
I don't understand what ford was thinking to not have the option of in the bed or on the bumper.
It's just dumb !!!!
Now I have to modify the whole thing to do it right.
I need to come up with a plastic box to to install the plug into and cut the wire harness under the bed then add about 3' into the harness to reach the new in bed plug.

Hopefully they will get smart and give you the option on the 2018

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porthole · Nov 30, 2016

jesstalkn said:
Now I'm working on getting the plug for the rear camera and TPMS into the bed of the truck.
I don't understand what ford was thinking to not have the option of in the bed or on the bumper.
It's just dumb !!!!
Now I have to modify the whole thing to do it right.
I need to come up with a plastic box to to install the plug into and cut the wire harness under the bed then add about 3' into the harness to reach the new in bed plug.

Hopefully they will get smart and give you the option on the 2018

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The odds are pretty good you will find a connector under the bed.

Not all trucks have the camera option.

Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Nov 30, 2016

porthole said:
The odds are pretty good you will find a connector under the bed.

Not all trucks have that option.0

Duane there is a plug under the bed above the spare tire. But the cord is only about 10" long just enough to reach the bumper plug when you install the new one. I'm going to drop the spare tire and see how much of the 7 wires I can get out of the OEM harness. I need at least 3' and I don't think I'll even be close to that.
So my next dilemma is adding in a few feet of wire to the 7 wires I think i need to use solder connections so I don't loose any camera picture quality.

Now on to another mod I'm doing. I just ran a wire back from my #4 upfitter switch going to the in bed plug. I want to connect it into the center pin "Backup Lights" so my Trailer backup lights (soon to be installed) will come on when I put it in reverse OR I can turn them on with my #4 upfitter switch any time I want. Making backing into a space at night a whole lot easier. I wonder if powering that wire is going to back feed back in to the truck system and cause any issues ?

travelin2 · Nov 30, 2016

jesstalkn said:
Duane there is a plug under the bed above the spare tire. But the cord is only about 10" long just enough to reach the bumper plug when you install the new one. I'm going to drop the spare tire and see how much of the 7 wires I can get out of the OEM harness. I need at least 3' and I don't think I'll even be close to that.
So my next dilemma is adding in a few feet of wire to the 7 wires I think i need to use solder connections so I don't loose any camera picture quality.

?

Why would you go cutting splicing and soldering when these are available???
https://m.summitracing.com/parts/cht-56070/none/images

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Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Nov 30, 2016

No that is for the regular 7-way cord. I'm talking about the 12 pin harness for Ford's trailer rear camera and TPMS sensors system.
It's a whole separate plug setup.

I wish it was that easy !!!

Here you can see the top 7-way plug and the bottom 12pin plug

That plug was designed by Ford to replace the bumper 7 & 4 way plug in the bumper.
But no option of putting it in the bed.
I guess they think everyone wants to pull a bumper trailer or run the cord over there tailgate.

I am building a box to be able to mount the new double plug into the bed where I need it.

More to come.....

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porthole · Nov 30, 2016

jesstalkn said:
Now on to another mod I'm doing. I just ran a wire back from my #4 upfitter switch going to the in bed plug. I want to connect it into the center pin "Backup Lights" so my Trailer backup lights (soon to be installed) will come on when I put it in reverse OR I can turn them on with my #4 upfitter switch any time I want. Making backing into a space at night a whole lot easier. I wonder if powering that wire is going to back feed back in to the truck system and cause any issues ?

Toyhaulershavefloodlights

errrgghh

Toy haulers have flood lights from the factory. I ran a 12 gauge wire from the pin box back to those lights. They are already "switched" in the garage, but I wanted the convenience of backup lights, since I might on occasion, have to back at night

https://heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/11365-And-so-it-begins?p=135436&viewfull=1#post135436

I haven't had an issue yet, and I did this 2 trucks and 6 years ago. Although I wasn't looking to add power from the up-fitter. Reverse is good enough for me. And on the rare times that I may still be connected to the truck and turn those lights on from the garage switch - the truck is disconnected when the key is off. The Ford's have separate circuits and relays for just about everything on the truck.

Now, while your at it, and a mod I haven't done but is still on the list, a switch to disconnect the truck's backup lights when connected to the trailer 👍 👀

Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Nov 30, 2016

porthole said:
Toyhaulershavefloodlights

errrgghh

Toy haulers have flood lights from the factory. I ran a 12 gauge wire from the pin box back to those lights. They are already "switched" in the garage, but I wanted the convenience of backup lights, since I might on occasion, have to back at night

https://heartlandowners.org/showthread.php/11365-And-so-it-begins?p=135436&viewfull=1#post135436

I haven't had an issue yet, and I did this 2 trucks and 6 years ago. Although I wasn't looking to add power from the up-fitter. Reverse is good enough for me. And on the rare times that I may still be connected to the truck and turn those lights on from the garage switch - the truck is disconnected when the key is off. The Ford's have separate circuits and relays for just about everything on the truck.

Now, while your at it, and a mod I haven't done but is still on the list, a switch to disconnect the truck's backup lights when connected to the trailer 👍 👀

Good Idea my new trucks backup lights are LED I think and they are super bright reflecting off the front of the white trailer. I might just look into doing that.

CarterKraft · Nov 30, 2016

jesstalkn said:
Now on to another mod I'm doing. I just ran a wire back from my #4 upfitter switch going to the in bed plug. I want to connect it into the center pin "Backup Lights" so my Trailer backup lights (soon to be installed) will come on when I put it in reverse OR I can turn them on with my #4 upfitter switch any time I want. Making backing into a space at night a whole lot easier. I wonder if powering that wire is going to back feed back in to the truck system and cause any issues ?

When I have done that in the past it didn't back feed because the backup lights were on a relay which effectively acted as a diode (open) when the truck wasn't actually in R. If the new trucks backup lights aren't relay driven you might have to diode or relay the circuit. I still don't understand why the factory floods on the TH's aren't connected to the reverse lights...

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jesstalkn said:
Good Idea my new trucks backup lights are LED I think and they are super bright reflecting off the front of the white trailer. I might just look into doing that.

A latching circuit would be cool there, so it would reset on the next key cycle. Might keep from driving around with out back up lights, you would know they were off at night but during the day other drivers would not be able to use the back up lights to determine your intention in a parking lot etc...

Who am I kidding no one knows how to drive anymore LOL.

Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Dec 2, 2016

Another teaser....
I have a plan for mounting the double plug in the bed.
More to come

I found these plastic boxes online for $3.00 and order 3 of them so if I mess up I can start over. Then shortly after that I found that they have the aluminum boxes. Perfect $17 I think.

The aluminum box will hold up to the abuse of plugging and unplugging the cord.

I will make up the custom box and then run it down to have it sprayed with the bed liner material to make it look factory. I hope !!!

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Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Dec 2, 2016

You can kinda get an idea of what I'm doing here.

I'll need a bigger backing plate of course as this was some scrap I had but you get the idea.

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IronJ · Dec 2, 2016

As my wife tells me..."your already cutting up a BRAND NEW VEHICLE".....

some people just don't understand the nature of a craftsman!!...

Good job sir!!

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Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Dec 2, 2016

LOL I haven't altered the truck any yet but it's looking like I might need to open up this hole a bit.

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Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Dec 2, 2016

Santa brought me a new toy to make some of my projects easier. 😎

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CarterKraft · Dec 2, 2016

Nice toy, one of the best tools in my shop.

Really makes you wonder how you got along without it.

I converted mine to steel cutting @ 100 SFPM. What is the slowest it will run?

Jesstruckn/Jesstalkn · Dec 2, 2016

2 speed haven't looked at the specs on that yet.
I just ordered some timber wolf blades for it 1 is 18tpi

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CarterKraft · Dec 2, 2016

jesstalkn said:
2 speed haven't looked at the specs on that yet.
I just ordered some timber wolf blades for it 1 is 18tpi

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Gotcha, looks like the speeds are 1630/2730 FPM so you'll just have to be careful on ferrous metals. 18TPI will be good but you might want to be allot slower depending on what your cutting. 100 FPM is a normal steel speed. There are a ton of conversions on the web that use some jack shafts and gear reduction to get slow the speeds. They even allow the original belt to be slipped back on for high speed use. I used a 60RPM gear motor but it ruins your wood, plastic etc. cutting.

Here's a thread on mine from when I converted it.

And if I am preaching to the choir just tell me to shut up!

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