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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 07:14 PM
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I hate to say it, but the factory service manual is about the ONLY decent source for our trucks.

Try checking on Ebay; sometimes you can find someone who's selling the PDF version and can let you download it now.

Or just buy the paper copy.

Alas, cheapest as I type this is about $35.

And you're right, the Haynes and Chilton's ... well, they'd have to be better to ratchet it up to suck.

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Old Aug 13, 2017 | 07:19 PM
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Grrrrr... I guess I've gotten spoiled by the easy - and free - availability of Subaru TSMs online. Since I don't need the whole manual (Haynes doth sucketh, but it's adequate for a lot of stuff), and just this one drawing, I'm hoping some generous member here is willing to share it.

The pressure at the moment is to get this circuit lit up before tomorrow, so the brakes are working for fetching up this horse trailer. Buying a paper copy, then, is off the menu for now - I just don't have the time.

(I'm going to take this to a new thread.)
 

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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 04:20 PM
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Alright, I've got a new fuse and relay in the existing box. All I need now is a hot-when-running 12V to drive my relay. In the absence of a reliable diagram, could some kind soul suggest the best spot for tapping that off?
 
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Old Aug 14, 2017 | 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bigdumbloser
Alright, I've got a new fuse and relay in the existing box. All I need now is a hot-when-running 12V to drive my relay. In the absence of a reliable diagram, could some kind soul suggest the best spot for tapping that off?
From inside the cab, the switched 12V to the radio.

From under the hood ... the power to the ASD relay, possibly? Be sure to tap off BEFORE the relay; you don't really want the brakes to quit if the motor stops running down a hill!

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