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Can I cut this off my truck?

Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by trukitt, May 17, 2022.

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  1. May 18, 2022 #11
    ProfessionalNoticer

    ProfessionalNoticer Road Train Member

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    No doubt. This is my GPS unit for my dash cam on my windshield.

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  3. May 18, 2022 #12
    Long FLD

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    Peoplenet is logging/fleet tracking. And it’s probably still tied into your ECM. I would find where the wires go before I just start cutting them.
     
    Long FLD, May 18, 2022
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  4. May 18, 2022 #12
    blairandgretchen

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    I'd guess it would be multiple wires inside the cable. If you DO cut it, splice the cable open and individually isolate all the little wires before pushing it through, just in case one is powered.
     
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  5. May 18, 2022 #13
    buddyd157

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    yeah, i'd NOT cut anything off, without fully tracing where it goes.

    you could short out something, you could mess with the ECM........

    you could just use a nylon tie, tie it up and leave it alone.
     
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  6. May 18, 2022 #14
    truckdriver31

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    Cut and tape ends separately then together. Keeps for shorting anything
     
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  8. May 18, 2022 #15
    trukitt

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    Update: I removed the inner wall panels and I traced the wires behind the fridge and continuing forward. There are 2 connections behind the passenger seat under the plastic shroud where the sleeper meets the cab but there are several wires in those connections. I’m not sure if the 2 I’m looking for are there. What I ended up doing was grabbing as much slack as I could and pushed it out the hole in the roof. I had just enough to relocate the bracket to corner the driver side roof.
    Back to the original question; the majority of you believe the black square box is GPS related ( I agree), but still not clear what the curly wire antennae is for. Could be fleet location/communication or a Paccar spy antenna for diagnostics etc.
     
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  9. May 18, 2022 #16
    MysticHZ

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    Leave it on ... add on feature when you sell.
     
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  10. May 18, 2022 #17
    buddyd157

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    it's a short wave antenna for the aliens.

    leave it alone, lest you be probed, via your butt.
     
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  11. May 18, 2022 #18
    ZVar

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    It's just the antenna package for peoplenet. One antenna for gps, the other antenna for the communications usually some sort of cell phone probably even analog at the time depending on how old a unit it is.
     
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  12. May 18, 2022 #19
    simpatico

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    If they don't go to anything you plan to use, I would cut them, tape the ends, and forget about it. I'm a redneck though :D
     
    simpatico, May 18, 2022
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