Newbie - Help identifying an unknown add-on
I just picked up my truck (specs below) this weekend and have a question about, what looks like an after market addon.
Mounted to the dash are 1) a vacuum gauge and 2) a pull handle. When the handle is pulled the vacuum reading changes. Other than that I see (or feel) no effect. The tubing and cable are routed to a unit on the drivers side of the engine compartment. There it a steel tube running from it to the brake master cylinder. Can someone tell me what this is? 2002 Dodge 3500 Quad Cab Dually 5.9L HO Diesel M6 trans 4x4 |
Only guessing but could it be a manual 4X4 engagement or 2 wheel drive LOW selector?
Does it put the truck into 4X4? |
Originally Posted by Sidewinder
Only guessing but could it be a manual 4X4 engagement or 2 wheel drive LOW selector?
Does it put the truck into 4X4? No to the going into 4x4. I thought it may be some sort of vacuum/manual parking brake but it doesn't hold the truck. |
Air brake?
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If you put the truck into 4x4 normally and then activate the switch, can you tell a difference? (Lots of people make a 2WD low kit that lets them disconnect the front axle while in 4x4 mode, makes it easier to turn/manuever when backing a heavy trailer).
~Rob |
probably a vacuum brake system for a trailer
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Originally Posted by farmerdukes
probably a vacuum brake system for a trailer
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My FIL had this same thing. It was for a vacum brake on a trailer he had. Should go to some sort of twist lock air looking connector.
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Call up and ask the PO what it is.
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Originally Posted by Baja
Call up and ask the PO what it is.
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I was guessing something like that was going on, but I had to throw it out there anyway. No diss intended. [coffee]
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Found it: trailer brakes. I crawled underneth this weekend and found hoses running to the bed. I removed the bed liner to find a connection panel used to tow a gooseneck trailer. I know this because I also found a drop down gooseneck hitch in the bed. Oh the things a bedline can hide.
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