MarcusOReallyus
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Oh, man, Texas? What's shipping going to run?
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I have mine already installed with the exception of the wiring. I purchased from a local dealer. I did pay sales tax, but was still less than the GV website price even with paying tax.Glad it worked out for you.I bought from a dealer in Texas also, saving 300$. You will love it. Worth the investment. I drive this rig more than my Ram 2500 with all the bells and whistles.
I was using a meter. I 'm getting 12.4volts to the controller using the controllers ground as my ground point. I was getting 11.3 volts at the blue wire on the manual/auto controller as per the troubleshooting guide. I'll play with the wiring some more tonight.How are you checking the voltage? Meter? OR test light? Meters can lie. You can see great voltages until there's a load, then the jolts drop to near zero. This happens because there is a high resistance somewhere upstream from your load.
Also, check your ground with a meter. Disconnect the batteries, then connect one end of the meter to the battery cable ground terminal with the other end on your grounding point. You should see just a few ohms of resistance.
The speedo was working although 3-4 mph off according to my GPS. I took it up to 60 though and it should kick on at 47. I have not tried engaging 4wd to check the lockout, but I did have a thought last night that perhaps I tapped into the wrong wire for the 4x4 lockout. I disconnected the 4x4 lockout wire from the controller this morning and it did not make any difference.Is your speedometer working? I had in issue with my cable not engaging the speed sensor.
Also, does your 4x4 light come on when you engage 4 wheel drive? If not the 4x4 lockout prevents overdrive operation.
That's terrible that work is getting in your way. . I didn't track the total time of my install, but I would say 6-hours or less. I think I spent more time figuring out where to install the controller than nothing else. I ended up mounting it behind the glove box.Also hope to get MY INSTALL going here asap--- but work has suddenly reared it's ugly head... can you believe I've had this brand new GV unit on my garage bench for over 6 weeks now
Anyway, when it happens I'll post my results and any install issues here on your thread 'cause it just seems appropriate.
Cheers
gPrez, did the GV guy Mike tell you what the unit is looking for on the 4WD circuit? Does it want to see 12 V relative to ground? Or ground relative to 12 v? The way that circuit is wired, the circuit runs through the light, down to the switch on the T Case through the white wire, back to a splice under the dash via the black wire, which then connects to that spider ground under the far left dash. The switch on the T case just completes the circuit to ground. Check Figure F4 in the -20.The instructions say to tap into the white wire going to the transfer case shifter except for Fords which will be a colored wire for the 4x4 lockout connection. Apparently that is not correct for the CUCV for anyone else installing one. I thought about putting a test light on it before connecting it, but I didn't.