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Feb 16, 2017

Electrical help please. Lance harness to Ford truck

I Bought a Ford 5th wheel harness for my 2016 super duty. I want to mount the LANCE 6 pin truck side harness and wire it through the FORD 5th wheel harness plugs going into the truck side harness underneath. The EXTRA plugs to accomplish this are already there(5th wheel harness plugs).
I don't want the 5th wheel truck side plug, just going with the Lance female truck side plug, drilled and mounted, forward on the drivers side. BUT tapping into the truck harness under the frame, using the 5th wheel harness plugs. Does anyone know what connections I am looking to make? Ford colors to Lance?

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  • Oh boy...
    looking at the 5th wheel plug from the front view, starting at the 1 o'clock position, that wire is orange, following clockwise direction with green, blue, Big white, yellow, ending with grey, at the 11 o'clock position. The center is small white with black stripe.
    any IDEA whats what? This is the factory ford harness for a 5th wheel plug, to be mounted in the bed. I bought it for the plugs basically. I did not want to cut into my harness underneath. At the truck side harness connection, there are two plugs, Big white and Blue together going into one plug(2 pin).
    The other plug(6pin) uses only 5 pins. They are: Green, Orange, not used, Yellow, Grey and White w/black stripe.

    *The new lance harness has at 1 o'clock-green, 3 o'clock-yellow, 5 o'clock-#8ga black, 7 o'clock-red, 9 o'clock-brown, and center is #8 ga white.
    I'm sorry my pictures did not go through. I tried copying links from google drive.
  • Your Lance dealer should be able to furnish a factory mads "jumper cable" assembly that will do just what you need.

    My dealer in Ham Lake, MN had just the thing and wired mine up in nothing flat, while at the same time incorporating heavy gage hot and ground wires such as the Lance female end on your camper already has, direct to the engine compartment for the hot wire and direct to the truck chassis for the ground. I'm sure they could supply you with the needed harness extension.

    I do not think the OEM wire circuit has a heavy enough wire to support fridge use direct from the vehicle wiring circuitry if you plan on using the fridge on 12V while on the road.
  • Thank you! I will test and go from there to be certain. You saved me some grief. I was hoping it would all just tap right from the plugs but I will have to run that battery lead after all. The ground as well. Should not present much of a problem. I spent about 90+ buck on that 5th wheel harness. I'm glad to not cut into my harness, but it really did not merit the expense. Any tips on running that 12v lead?
  • I haven't picked up the camper yet but I have wired the lance plug in so from my notes.... 2016 ford f250 lariat. I can't see your pictures but assuming they are the same 6 pin and 2 pin plugs I have.

    Wire --------------Lance-------Ford
    Parking lights-----Green-------Brown
    Left Turn----------Red---------Yellow
    Right Turn---------Brown-------Green
    Backup light-------Yellow------Gray w/black stripe
    Brakes-------------N/A---------Blue
    +12----------------Black-------N/A wire gauge too small
    Gnd----------------White-------N/A attach to frame

    I ran the 8 gauge wire to the battery with a 40 amp circuit breaker. Again I haven't hooked up the camper to verify it is right but it did check out compared to the lance manual. I don't have the 7pin harness so I'm also assuming the wire colors on the harness are the same as the truck side.

    Looks like the formatting doesn't translate so they aren't lined up but I think you can figure it out.