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05-23-2005, 02:44 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Bum F Egypt
Posts: 979
M.O.C. #2733
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7-Way Connector
Going for the PDI tomorrow on our new 2955rl with long awaited joy. I installed the hitch about a month back, never thought about the length of the 7-wire connector cord on the Monty. Is it long enough to reach the plug-in on the truck bumper. If not I guess the shop will need to install an in the bed mount for the connector? I'm a do-it yourselfer and would like to have all ready had this done.
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05-23-2005, 02:55 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Clearwater
Posts: 10,917
M.O.C. #420
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It should be plenty long enough to reach the bumper connector BUT if I had it to do all over again I would also have a connector located in the bed.
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05-23-2005, 04:03 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: South Milwaukee
Posts: 196
M.O.C. #1824
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A in bed connector is a good idea just make sure that you don't mount it too far forward.
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05-23-2005, 04:37 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Leona
Posts: 6,382
M.O.C. #2059
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My bed connector is mounted on the side wall, driver side, about 18" from the tailgate. I really prefer the in-bed connector. Don't like wires hanging out.
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05-23-2005, 05:12 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location:
Posts: 1,804
M.O.C. #57
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Mine is in the bed about 18 ins. from front of bed. I don't have to crawl under anything to reach it. Works well for me.
Gene
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05-23-2005, 05:38 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Cooper
Posts: 1,230
M.O.C. #3029
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I use the factory installed seven pin connector on my F-250 that below the bumper. The wire for the Monty is long enough to reach the bumper. I have a flow through tail gate and use a 4" bungee cord to attach it to the gate to maintain enough slack while turning to keep from it from pulling out of the connector. Congratulations on the new rig, know how you are feeling as it has not been that long since we picked up a new one.
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05-24-2005, 01:55 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Oceanside
Posts: 20,028
M.O.C. #20
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Ours is mounted same as Charlie's and I do exactly the same with the bungee cord. If you have the standard tailgate, you might want to consider doing something to keep the cord from rubbing off the paint. That happened to me back on a '95 truck we had. Lesson learned.
In our '99 I had the plug in the wheelwell in the bed. I thought that was more convenient than below the bumper but it's not that big a deal either way, to me.
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05-24-2005, 12:44 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Statham
Posts: 1,410
M.O.C. #3215
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I had ours located just inside the tailgate, where it closes to the bed. It has worked well so far.
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