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Old 12-06-2017, 11:09 AM   #1
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Electric Brake controller

We have recently purchased a tow dolly and I am installing electric brakes. For my brake controller, I have noticed that there are pre-wired harnesses that are plug and play for most all major vehicle manufacturers. Of course, Freightliner is never listed as an option. :-) does anyone know if my dutch star on a freightliner frame happened to be interchangeable with any of the major truck manufacturers? Would love to be able to just plug into a pre-existing harness under the dash. :-)

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Old 12-06-2017, 11:14 AM   #2
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The harness is under the dash wired tied inside a huge bundle of wires. Good luck finding the wires. You'll need it. Once you find the wires, you'll probably have to splice the loom to match your brake controller.
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There's a pigtail harness for freightliner, their part number is: A06–65482000 Someone sells something similar on ebay. Plug and play.
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Recently when taking delivery of my Newmar I discovered that the dealer had failed to install the brake controller like I had requested. While doing the final walk through and demo they had two techs install it. The "plug and play" install took them about 10 minutes.
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