How to run a wire from inside of a cab out to the back???

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  1. lights787

    lights787 Light Load Member

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    I need to install a rear dashcam on my trailer but to do so I need to be able to run a wire from dashboard to outside of the cab somewhere near the breaks/power lines. Has anyone done this to a 2015 international prostart+??? Can someone point me in the right direction?

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  3. HoneyBadger67

    HoneyBadger67 Road Train Member

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    If you want to be OCD about it, run it through a grommet in the firewall and squeeze it into a split loom that goes to your pigtail socket.
     
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    Where do I find that in the cab?
     
  7. p608

    p608 Road Train Member

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    Drill a hole
     
  8. HoneyBadger67

    HoneyBadger67 Road Train Member

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    Open the hood and look for the wires going into the cab. Every hole is protected by a rubber grommet.
     
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  9. lights787

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    it needs to go out of the back of the cab going under the hood does not help me.
     
  10. HoneyBadger67

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    You're missing the point. You go through the firewall and then under the cab. That's how the factory gets power from the fuse block to the switch and then on to your rear lights. If you look under the truck, you'll see every wire under there begins at the firewall, one way or another.
     
  11. Ridgeline

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    no it don't I use wireless and they work very well.
     
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