Freightliner Dash Assembly redo

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by AshtonMarie81, May 8, 2016.

  1. AshtonMarie81

    AshtonMarie81 Light Load Member

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    Ok heres the thing. I know freightliner Columbia, Century and Coronado pretty much share the same cabs, just they have different setups... ok I has an 06 Columbia and I want to see if I could Put the complete Dash assembly from a Coronado in my truck... I likes the gauge and switch layout of the Coronado's. I'm sure it will be a big project because of wiring and whatnot but I likes to be different and I loves my columbia and I want a unique truck.. so any of you guys have any ideas on what and how I should ho about this... I'm thinking find a wrecked coronado and get the whole entire dash assembly for starters...
     
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  3. EZ Money

    EZ Money Road Train Member

    Sounds like a big project.
    The last Coronado I drove was a 2012....... it was a completely different layout.
    Not sure if the dash would actually fit in a Columbia...
     
  4. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    I was, guess I still am. a commercial electrician for twenty years before I started driving. The wiring isn't as bad as you think. What you need to do is focus on the individual wires, rather than the giant rats nest of wires. Many of them will be numbered, corresponding to the wiring diagram.

    What I would do, is individual tag ( mark ) with a piece of tape, each wire, and what it is for; positive or negative going cab lighting control. Some switches will three to five, mark what switch it is, and the number of the terminal on the switch.

    The devices your switches control, don't care where their input comes from as long as it comes. Electric current doesn't care what color wire it flows through. Things are colored a certain way for our recognition.

    All your switches are draw bridges. The signal is traffic waiting at the bridge. You flip the switch, the bridge goes down, the traffic flows across, until you raise the bridge.

    It just takes time to label everything correctly. But believe me, the more effort you put into labeling, and marking everything, one at a time as you take it apart, the far easier, and more successful you will be on the re installation.
     
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