Marlon Sled Deck Wiring

[Sjeff]

Hey All,

Just purchased a used Marlon explore pro deck. It has some wires cut that run the power to the light bar on back of the deck (where the ramp hooks on).

Wondering if anyone has a photo of their deck wiring from the little black box on the side of the deck (where the 4pin trailer plug runs into) and how its all connected to power the light bar. Image of what mine currently looks like below. The wires that run to the light bar have the threaded connectors and are currently not connected to power in anyway.

In my mind, it seems that the 4 strand wire that runs from the black box has had its threaded water resistant connector cut off, and then the other 3 strand wire is just another auxiliary wire. Unsure though so I thought I would see if anyone had some insight here.

Thanks,

 

[JMCX]

If I wasn't on the road working I could look at mine.

The threaded connection is for adding or removing the flip up deck extension which also has a light bar.

FYI if this is going on something newer you can't just plug into the truck trailer wiring. It will think you have a trailer and all kinds of nanny stuff turns off with warnings every time you start the truck.

 

[snoflake]

Not sure how old the deck is, but that looks like pretty cheap wiring for something that's going to be covered in salt, snow and ice all winter. May want to grab a roll of decent insulated 4 wire and start from scratch. Solder and heat shrink every connection. Buy proper weather proof plugs, and you will likely never have an issue again. If you try chasing and patching what you have it may be a long winter. Remember, lights never short out in the garage or when it's warm and still light out. They will pile up when the wind is blowing at minus 20 and your borderline over .08

 

[TDR]

I will send you a picture when I’m out in my shop tomorrow. I just went through a wiring nightmare on mine. I feel your pain. It’s simple but could have been done a little nicer.

 

[TDR]

Ok here they are. Have to do this in a couple posts.

 

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[TDR]

The light bar is controlled by the black box. The park lights (brown) are direct to the deck marker lights.

 

[TDR]

You can see where the brown was split by the cheap blue tap - this insures that the markers always have power even if the black box craps out.

 

[TDR]

Hopefully this makes sense. If not I can sketch it out for you. As a note of interest, the fuse is on the ground side not the power side. That fuse holder failed on me and caused me a lot of troubleshooting headaches. Since yours is in pieces I’d highly recommend you solder everything.