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Any more info on this?

Got it from the website Wish for like $3 or $4 bucks. Cut a circle out in the center piece and it fits perfect. Plugged in the USB port inside the console for now.

 

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Sure I'll try, haven't posted a pic on this forum yet, but here goes.   Go to Amazon or similar and order these: 1N4004 400V 1A Axial Lead Silicon Rectifier Diodes   You only need one really but

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what screw did you need to replace?

If you look at both of my photos at the bottom of the holder There is a single wing nut screw. I had to replace that with a smaller Allen screw to clear the vent knob.

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Sure I'll try, haven't posted a pic on this forum yet, but here goes.

 

Go to Amazon or similar and order these:

1N4004 400V 1A Axial Lead Silicon Rectifier Diodes

 

You only need one really but order 25 as it's just as cheap once you take into account shipping if you try to order just one.

Plus if you bend or break the one diode, you have back ups.

 

 

Then you'll look under your dash above your gas pedal. You'll see a bunch of small power blocks inserted into a larger one.

You want to locate the BROWN one.

At the top you see a release latch. Go ahead and push it in and pull the small BROWN electrical block out of the larger one.

Twist it around so it's oriented with the release latch up.

 

Using the diagram in the picture I've attached, locate pin/cable slot #10. It's obviously 2 slots over from #8 that's marked on the diagram. Insert one end of the electrical diode down into that #10 slot. If needed use a needle nose pliers. The diode pins are pretty bendable so just make sure you get some of it down into the #10 slot.

 

Then go down to the bottom (last row away from the release latch and go to slot #22 (clearly one over from the #21 that's marked in the diagram).

Push the other end of the diode down into the #22 slot.

 

Once you have them both in the #10 slot and the #22 slot, you've made a jumper "bridge" between the two.

Gently twist the BROWN electrical cube back so it's oriented and push it back into it's motherboard. It will click back in.

 

Insert key in your ignition and test it out.

You're FOG LIGHTS should automatically be ON if your low beam headlights are ON.

When your low beam headlights are OFF, the fog lights will also be OFF.

 

You can now just leave the dash mounted headlight selector in AUTO and your low beams and your fog lights will both automatically come on each and every time your headlights come on, and go off when the headlights go off.

All done.

I'm a little late to the game here, but I have to point out that that pin out is wrong. Not sure where it came from, but, according to my truck, and also according to another pin out I found, the numbers are a relativity mirror image of what this picture says. Notice the molded in numbers 21 and 26 in the picture I took.

That being said, pins 10 and 22 (the correct pins) are the ones needed. Note, 10 is the fog lamp and 22 is the parking light (crap... Now I can't remember if that was right or the opposite...), so make sure to point the diode in the right direction (band on the diode toward the fog lamp). Otherwise the parking lights will come on when you turn on the fig lamps... Not that they aren't already on at that point, but, that's the theory, anyway.c6f9d1f18ccf0e2716ab8dd9e4270a64.jpg

 

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I'm a little late to the game here, but I have to point out that that pin out is wrong. Not sure where it came from, but, according to my truck, and also according to another pin out I found, the numbers are a relativity mirror image of what this picture says. Notice the molded in numbers 21 and 26 in the picture I took.

That being said, pins 10 and 22 (the correct pins) are the ones needed. Note, 10 is the fog lamp and 22 is the parking light (crap... Now I can't remember if that was right or the opposite...), so make sure to point the diode in the right direction (band on the diode toward the fog lamp). Otherwise the parking lights will come on when you turn on the fig lamps... Not that they aren't already on at that point, but, that's the theory, anyway.c6f9d1f18ccf0e2716ab8dd9e4270a64.jpg

 

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Not sure what you are trying to point out here

I wrote up how to do this mod after I did it myself, so I know it's correct.

I am not aware of any typo or anything that I posted being a "mirror opposite", and many others have done this mod after reading my post and nobody has had issues.

 

Use #10 and #22 Pin with the diode. Your fog lights will come on when your parking/headlights come on when in AUTO mode on the dial, exactly as I wanted.

You never have to touch the fog light button OR the headlights on button. Just leave it in AUTO and your headlights AND foglights will come on when the light is low.

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Not sure what you are trying to point out here

I wrote up how to do this mod after I did it myself.

I am not aware of any typo or anything that I posted being a "mirror opposite", and many others have done this mod after reading my post and nobody has had issues.

 

Use #10 and #22 Pin with the diode. Your fog lights will come on when your parking/headlights come on when in AUTO mode on the dial, exactly as I wanted.

You never have to touch the fog light button OR the headlights on button. Just leave it in AUTO and your headlights AND foglights will come on when the light is low.

This is the same mod that keeps the fogs on with brights as well right?

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I'm a little late to the game here, but I have to point out that that pin out is wrong. Not sure where it came from, but, according to my truck, and also according to another pin out I found, the numbers are a relativity mirror image of what this picture says. Notice the molded in numbers 21 and 26 in the picture I took.

That being said, pins 10 and 22 (the correct pins) are the ones needed. Note, 10 is the fog lamp and 22 is the parking light (crap... Now I can't remember if that was right or the opposite...), so make sure to point the diode in the right direction (band on the diode toward the fog lamp). Otherwise the parking lights will come on when you turn on the fig lamps... Not that they aren't already on at that point, but, that's the theory, anyway.c6f9d1f18ccf0e2716ab8dd9e4270a64.jpg

 

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10 and 22 are correct.

 

This is what it is very important to know what slots you are going into, color wire scheme, and schematic to verify. It can get tricky looking at a schematic and you forget that sometimes you could be looking at a mirror image or the mating connector.

 

Here is a better picture showing it 09061bf82bc30d7e371d370273e8bcd9.jpg

 

 

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This is the same mod that keeps the fogs on with brights as well right?

 

 

Similar but different.

In order to do that you use different pin slots not pin #10 and #22 as I posted for the fogs on with low beams/parking lights.

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10 and 22 also keeps the fogs on with high beams as well. I just checked it.

 

 

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Driver72 Enthusiast

Driver72

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10 and 22 also keeps the fogs on with high beams as well. I just checked it.

 

 

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This is true, I checked after I posted that it was similar but different. :D

Guess it still is technically, because anybody who using pin 10 (with 18 i believe) will have the fogs stay on with high beams but won't have fogs on with parking/low beams. :D

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Dickies seat cover. Snagged at Dirt Cheap for $2. Practically free really.

 

 

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Should have noted that my daughter was not in the mood for a picture. She was giving me horrible faces. This was the worst though so of course I chose it.

 

 

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This is true, I checked after I posted that it was similar but different. :D

Guess it still is technically, because anybody who using pin 10 (with 18 i believe) will have the fogs stay on with high beams but won't have fogs on with parking/low beams. :D

I went the 10 22 route and also used just a wire to jump 26 brown and 26 pink to have the cargo lights and reverse lights on at same time.

 

 

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