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Originally Posted by kipps
Most likely a Kelsey Hayes. Evidently a very common controller back in the day, and still arguably the best you'll find for an older truck. If you intend to tow, that one would be better than any newer ones you buy now.
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Yeah my first job was installing those and hacking in trailer lights, at a travel trailer sales lot. I didn't even have my license yet but I was moving around up to 25' trailers on the lot with an ~1963 red Chevy long wide pickup (283 and 4 speed).
After I bought my 1973 brand new, I installed the brake controller up in the little pocket (no a/c) above the heater controls. It was a smaller controller though than the older flat style KH. I drilled a hole in the back of the dash pocket for the brake line and wires.
I'm pretty sure my 1991 Suburban has factory trailer light "tee" under the back (along with a factory receiver?). Seems like I just bought the adaptor to plug right in. I never messed with brakes because our 17' trailer is only about 2K pounds which isn't much behind a Suburban. Pickups carry campers that heavy and don't have an extra braking axle.
10-19-2019, 11:38 AM
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