Excellent as usual!!! As a long time RV electrician (Marathon Coach Inc. 15 years) your work is great. A slight technical improvement would be to flip your crimper so the round side (as opposed to the pin side)is on the “top” of the ring terminal. The “bottom” of the terminal is solid so the pin cannot separate the folded part of the terminal. This is hard to see as the manufacturers add a thin solid tube over the crimp section. Clearly not a big deal but for future projects a slightly better way to do it. Great looking van!

@fastcars1173

5 жыл бұрын

That's how I use them too. The crimp seems stronger that way.

@wobblysauce

5 жыл бұрын

For me, it was that open plug hole, not shown to be sealed again.

@jacobs999vehicles6

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Brown were you an ex electrician if you were can you tell me how to wire

“Doesn’t take me long to look at something” i wonder how many subs remember that story. Still kills me every time

I'm sorry Cody but you had me chuckling through the rest of that video after grabbing that bulb, it just reminded me of doing exactly the same when I fitted spotlights to come on with high beams on my Jimny. Pain can often be the quickest form of self teaching I find... And honestly I think the fact you include these moments tells us that you know the importance of teaching people to learn through mistakes is just a way of life sometimes!

"Don't take me long to look at something" xD Love that story

Just in case you didn't know in the 7 pin trailer hitch the pin in the center (pin 7) is usually backup power.

Seemed simple but useful, I enjoyed how you walked through every step so it's very informative. Great video

I learned something new today. Never really seen anybody take a pair of pliers and take the extra part off a zip tie. That's a pretty good technique.

Your uncle is a smart man. Over 40 years ago I was replacing an antenna on the roof of an old 2 story farmhouse with a metal roof. My feet slipped out from under me and I started sliding down. About halfway down my pants pocket caught on a nail that was sticking up, and that slowed me down just enough to grab the extinction cord that we were using. That saved me from a bad fall.

I don't remember if you've mentioned this in the past, but you did a neat trick that my dad taught me with zip ties. Once you secure it, rather than cutting off the excess, use some pliers and twist the "tail" until it comes off. That way, the part that's left over isn't super sharp, which is especially useful in situations like this, where you may end up reaching into that space some time in the future and forgetting those ties are there.

Do you think having the reverse switch + the regular switch in parallel for when you need it could be useful? Thanks for what you do with your videos, I always enjoy and/or learn from them!

Wranglerstar badge on the van is super slick love it.

Been excited for this! Thanks Cody. Mine is still on the column!

Codey will you do a series of story's about you and your grandfather I love hearing them and the love you have for him and those time remind me the love I have for my grandparents. Keep up the great work form the UK

Excellent video. Very satisfying when you "Do it Right" (Mike Holmes). Great job.

Hello, thanks for the video, i have a question, of you dont have a power source near the lights you are mounting, can you solder the new lights harness to the existing, factory harness thats powering the reverse lights? May be you can use the fuse that is provided for more protection on the new ones, these way?

I like the factory style WRANGLERSTAR lettering on the back door looks good!

Hey Cody, another thing you could do that you may find useful is add a diode inline with that blue wire with a switch downstream of it, do this for both the upper and lower lights, and you can use them as utility lights without your brake lights coming on and without having to put it in reverse.

Your absolutely right about doing things right the first time! IT does give you a sense of acplishmennt and saves you a lot of grief in the long run

A job well done with the back up lights! Beautiful van

"Dont take me long to look at something " hilarious hope your fingers are ok

Great video Wranglerstar

3M electrical tape is the best. Solder with 3M super 33 is industry standard. It's rate up to 600 V. It should work great for a 12V system. Guys love to act holier than though at home behind their computer.

@dennisrandall9698

4 жыл бұрын

3M is great electrical tape. But ALL electrical tape ages quickly, becomes brittle and will loosen and come off. It’s not something to prevent long term protection against shorts. If it’s all you have this a zip tie on the end to prevent it from coming undone. But best is shrink tube or shrink tape. They make a pray that works but is messy as hell.

Nice [quality] work there! Thanks for sharing!!

The adventure van is coming along nicely, what else do you have planned for it?

Talk about a dull moment. I said what are you doing out loud when you grabbed the bulb. 💡🔥 😁

Gonna try this on my crosstreck, great video!

Outstanding! I thought that I could do this until I saw the video - wish you were my good neighbor! :) thanks for sharing!

led reverse bulbs help a lot as well

You can use the switch with a diode to have them as both reverse and auxiliary. With the diode only the spots will illuminate when the switch is on and they both will when put in reverse.

"Doesn't take me long to look at something " the canning story and the giant novelty Jack!😉

@wranglerstar

5 жыл бұрын

Nice job Tim, you picked up on the reference,

@timreid9556

5 жыл бұрын

@@wranglerstar I have to go on a KZread hunt and find it . Good story.

@EDC_Tactical

5 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling others had caught that too ha

@ericsarchive7718

5 жыл бұрын

It'll be a long time before that phrase does not make me laugh.

@jaynaforsgren4755

5 жыл бұрын

Yep 😅

Another good video, thanks

Good demonstration vid, Cody!

Good stuff Cody! I like it!

You ought to switch the halogen reverse bulbs on the transit to LED bulbs x3

@wobblysauce

5 жыл бұрын

+

yup though i have yet to your mains fuse box and typically you should have the shore power so far down on the chassis typically needs to be 7-8 foot from ground .. for ya inlet

Great video sir. 😀

Great video, I came here hoping you could maybe help me out. I installed reverse LED pod lights on my truck and I tapped them into the reverse line from the 7 pin trailer connector. They turn on anytime i put my truck in reverse like i wanted HOWEVER, the LED pod lights turn off any time I hit the brake. Any thoughts as to why? Thanks a million

this channel is awesome

Proud of you Papa ProHo. You were able to orient yourself to know it was the North wall. I know thats impressive for you ;) love you guys. Great video thnx

I love your vids you’ve helped me so much. Was hoping for a vid on making the harness and you doing it for budget people. Bummer. I had to buy budget items and build my own harness. Then again I’ve got a $1000 van as well.

Best most informative video for this topic thank you!!!!!

That's funny about the extension cord, that's my most famous saying whether it be with an extension cord or anything I'm dragging on the ground that's gets caught on something. " if i was falling off a cliff that would not of got caught on there", If i didn't have bad luck, i wouldn't have any luck at all"

Need to get to the Milwaukee M18 heat gun. Comes in handy with those shrink connectors.

"A job well done is one of the great pleasures of life" I do agree! And can I also add; A shortcut may save you some time now, but will end up costing you more time when you have to redo it the right way later!

Can you share what lights you installed? thank you.

👍💪 quality work Sir. TY

If a vehicle has a 7 way flat RV trailer plug it will have a wire for trailer back up lights . I used this to wire the headache rack on my truck. There is also a constant hot leg I put this on a switch on the bumper and used it to back feed the back up lights so when I'm hooking up a trailer at night after I get under the trailer I flip the switch and light up the area to make my trailer connections.

Is that the Para3 lightweight or regular?.... I've been looking at them for a while, and just found a sale on the lightweight version Just wanted to get your take.... Do you have an affiliate link on blade HQ?

I guess the neighbors and I are a tad bit old-fashioned. I just glanced around and everything's a column shifter around here.

I have never been this early. WOW! Watching before 1200 views. New personal record. Thanks for the video, Cody!

Cody you've been grabbing a lot of hot things lately! Great tip on electrical tape. I have to agree. There is some crappy electrical tape out there. Buy the good stuff so it actually performs the way it should.

Hey Cody, I’m curious why you would want to add those. Why not just leave the reverse lights as is? Thanks!

Could you provide a link to the harness used? Thank you.

Looking good!

Could one wire the LEDs to a trailer light pigtail? I never plan to tow and the 5pin trailer light wiring is already in place, sitting there unused.

So if you don’t put this relay into your reverse circuit it won’t work ? I can’t get my lights to work for longer than half a second in reverse before they shut off but it’s not the fuses they are fine , I guess I need to use this relay I just don’t want the switch that’s tied into this relay harness

Tesa tape is amazing for covering wires the high heat for exterior and fleece for interior has changed my world as far as electrical tape lol they sell it on amazon

Is your license plate visible when youre driving out on public roads. I didnt notice it on those boxes

Finally using a spyderco knife! I like my benchmade 940. But I love my spyderco PM2

@wranglerstar

5 жыл бұрын

The PM3 is a great knife,

Try out uni-wrap silcone tape I use it on airplanes I work on. its a silcone elctrical wrap with out stickiness its great great great stuff just strech it as you wrap it. Just a second option from electrical tape that sweats stickiness in the heat.

Always good to get “the fizz” from a project

2:12 You should replace all the bulbs with LEDs

@wranglerstar

5 жыл бұрын

Have you replaced all the bulbs on your cars?

@mr.critic

5 жыл бұрын

@@wranglerstar If i was building an awesome RV like yours and wanted maximum power efficiency i definitely would replace ALL the bulbs Cody 👌

@mr.critic

5 жыл бұрын

@@wranglerstar also it would make a nice project for you to share with us 😄

@brendan747

5 жыл бұрын

Wranglerstar i have, look up JDM Astar on amazon for all bulbs other than headlights and if you do headlights, get auxbeam FS-2’s. they’re adjustable to get the correct beam pattern and in the 2 years i’ve run them (almost 75k miles) i’ve never had an issue with them.

can i have a link to the harness you used

What are you doing for your license plate with the boxes covering it?

@marklaurenz2131

5 жыл бұрын

@cody harring, i was thinking the same thing

@tuckerkennedy5016

5 жыл бұрын

He had some plate lifts and his plate run on the bumper. I don’t see it now

Nice van

But how do you hook up the car horn to the brake lights

What gauge wire is the blue and red wire?

Why didn’t you use the switch to allow you a chance to turn on those lights when you weren’t in reverse? I use a similar setup on my F150 to illuminate things while camping.

Link to these lights? Thinking about putting these on my pickup.

good job :)

Have you thought about switching the break light bulbs with the LED bulbs that blink 3x when you apply the break? Our ambulance has them and it really gets your attention. I think Beast did a video on them years ago.

@flashflashbang2102

Жыл бұрын

Brake, not break.

Off topic... Who is that guy that you mention that has the best first-aid kits?

Those lights give me the fizz!

Nothing on your sister's channel for years. Hope she's ok?

@Dardrum

5 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing

I have only had one car without a column shift. When we got our impala about 15 years ago my grandpa went out of his way to get a column shift with a bench seat. Took him a while to find it.

I have never seen anyone break off zip-tie excess like that. Wild The moment i saw you about to touch that incandescent build I tried to yell for you. Haha great video Cody

Looks good...

A job, done well: is a Job well done!

A plus. X ring quality just like always

Dating myself (too) but I had a good laugh when you reached for the shifter on the column....

I love the mistake you left in video. LOL

Are you gonna have a problem with blinding someone when you back out of the lot at the blazers game?

wheres the PPE for those hot bulbs?

Have you considered a backup camera??

@wranglerstar

5 жыл бұрын

I have one,

@jccalhoun2904

5 жыл бұрын

Oh ok. Was it factory?

@wranglerstar

5 жыл бұрын

Yes,

@CainnechK

5 жыл бұрын

Wranglerstar Is it at the top? I figured it would be blocked by the bumper boxes.

0:50????🤔🤔🤔 A negative and a ground hmmmm 😂😂🤣🤣 Just giving you a hard time we have all done it.

@user2C47

5 жыл бұрын

A _reverse backup_ light?

@brandonaga9042

5 жыл бұрын

@@user2C47 haha I didn't even think of that

@wagyu52

5 жыл бұрын

Must be young whipper snappers, prior to the mid 50’s everything had a positive ground.

@mitchdenner9743

5 жыл бұрын

@@user2C47 what a concept, being able to see when your backing up

I don't know but I think KZread unsubscribed me from your channel.... I resubscribed and rang the bell again

If you still have the wires available, a manual switch near the rear doors might be really handy.

You might want to add a set of break lights next to those backup lights

You could of put led bulbs in the factory housings for reverse lights also @Wranglerstar

Hahaha "...here I am dating myself....." I recognized your arm raise immediately, but it was for an automatic. If you were REALLY dating yourself you would have fist raised your arm up halfway --- and then pulled it back toward you ---- then raised up a little further --- for a stick. Good clean straightforward tutorial there.

If you use the dollar store tape... A nylon wire-tie at the end of the run, will keep everything in place a whole lot longer. Problem with that tape is usually that the end curls up, and then it just unwraps itself from there. Put a wire tie on that end, to keep the end in place, and it will last as long as any other tape. Still way cheaper than the 'proper' tape. LOL

How are those hinged boxes on the rear even legal? They not only block vision of the stop and turn indicators, they protude beyond the warning light area.

@wranglerstar

4 жыл бұрын

Why do you care?

@geofftefl

4 жыл бұрын

@@wranglerstar because I'm another driver on the road and there are laws for all to follow, like driving on the right side of the road, let alone the basic concept of being a member of society who considers the rights of others. Pretty basic reason why everyone should care.

Now you gotta swap out those stock reverse bulbs for LED too.

It appears that your tail lights are obstructed by the new boxes. Perhaps you could add tail lights to the boxes.

As a plumber I would lose those shark bite fittings on the pex water line and just use pex fittings

Another project to work on

I put stainless button head Allen screws in mine for a cleaner look.

i really like how when you mess thing up you don't edit them out, Were all human :)

Forgive me, Cody, but I have to disagree with you on something (an extremely rare thing).Wiring harnesses don't necessarily make it "easy". The last time I had to change a battery cable,it was tied into 47 other wires. I had to cut into the harness, without damaging a anything, to separate the battery cable from the rest to change it. I get what you mean, though. ETA: Just remembered. I wanted to just totally bypass the battery cable with a new one, but there wasn't one long enough available (I was "on-site", not at home). There was no play in wiring harness, so when I cut the messed-up cable end off and replaced it, it would reach the battery post. I suppose I could've just cut open enough to make it reach, and leave it all hanging that way, but that wouldn't've been "proper".

6:25 That is the truth... knew a guy who died cleaning his gutters out. He tripped and fell from the roof hanging himself with the extension cord.