Wiring a Sled Deck

[LinkTank]

Yep. Did the same with mine . Clean, quick and never see the wires or do they get in they way

 

[kimrick]

I also did ther same. Ran though tailgate and plugged into back plug. I use the large plug adapter to four wire when towing trailer also.
I removed four pin receptacle cover to do this.
I never remove my deck as I use it all year round.
I highly suggest to put electrical grease in the plug to stop water ingress and stop the dreaded Green corrosion. most of the people forget this inexpensive solution and find a rewire of the plug in a few years.
My deck has been on my Ford since 2008 and zero corrosion.

 

[blastoff]

OK one wire goes to the hot wire on the tail light but where do you go with the other wire, do you ground it inside the tial light. Basically I am doing the same as every body is doing using two wires but I do not want to go to the trailer plug in the hitch. I want it left behind the tail light. I got a couple of pictures but cant seem to load them for some reason.

 

[blastoff]

Well still got no lights. I checked with GM shop today the black wire is ground and brown is hot, supposed to work. Hooked up and not working. This is on the tail light wiring.

 

[growly]

check and make sure you have a good ground.

 

[blastoff]

check and make sure you have a good ground.

As it states above. The black wire on the tail light running bulb is the ground wire. I have 2 clean bare wires but didnt want to solder it because I dont have any deck lights with them tie together. I will post some picture of this later today. Kind of stomped on this one so far. The deck has new wiring.

 

[09 arctic cat m8]

i just run the wires to a plug as you would a small trailer thought i would correct it for all you english pubes

 

[teamgreen]

i ust run te wires in to a plug thanwhen the dcoes in you just plug it in as yo would a small trailer works good

Me fale unglish, thats unposibel!

I know its the internet and spelling doesnt have to be perfect, but for god sakes.................

May Maxwell have mercy on your soul.

 

[09 arctic cat m8]

Me fale unglish, thats unposibel!

I know its the internet and spelling doesnt have to be perfect, but for god sakes.................
May Maxwell have mercy on your soul.

for being a english guru where's your apostrophe on doesn't puebert

 

[blastoff]

Me fale unglish, thats unposibel!

I know its the internet and spelling doesnt have to be perfect, but for god sakes.................

May Maxwell have mercy on your soul.

My god this kid must to be used to texting slang, Anyhow I think I got my wiring issue figured out. Will try it tonight and see how it goes. Stay tuned.

 

[09 arctic cat m8]

who you calling kid there bud

 

[blastoff]

who you calling kid there bud

It was referring to your spelling.. If it matters.

 

[09 arctic cat m8]

It was referring to your spelling.. If it matters.

apperently it does to you

 

[brian h]

i installed a 2 prong plug in from my signal light lens,when the sled deck is on you just plug it in,if the sled deck is removed the plug in just sits by the lens just inside the tailgate, never had a issue with it

 

[blastoff]

Ok shes done. The plugin is overkill but good for moisture. This is quick simple and no wires going to the trailer plug. I doubled and triple checked this for spelling!!

 

[347strokin]

Ok shes done. The plugin is overkill but good for moisture. This is quick simple and no wires going to the trailer plug. I doubled and triple checked this for spelling!!View attachment 140598View attachment 140599View attachment 140600

Your punctuation is lacking a little though.

Just kidding, looks good man.

 

[blastoff]

Oh and I put two coats of GM transmission oil for the deck, rather than stain or paint. Dont need that peeling and adding more work down the road.

 

[teeroy]

Oh and I put two coats of GM transmission oil for the deck, rather than stain or paint. Dont need that peeling and adding more work down the road.

what ended up being the problem with your lights?

 

[blastoff]

what ended up being the problem with your lights?

The wires were crossed on the deck plug. Brown wire was hot on the tail light, so brown wire went to the white wire on plug and black went to black.

 

[sledhead800]

Mine is wired into tailights.There's a hole in box right at taillight,just run a wire in there and tap into wire.Put a two prong plug so its 2seconds to unplug when taking deck off.

X2 on that nice and easy