Front Camera for 2019 Ford Ranger Xl

[Stewart Long]

I have an extra back-up camera for a trailer with a 22' cable and a 7" monitor and I want to use it when I move my trailers around in my very close quarters up by my garage.

I have a trailer hitch on the front of the truck and want just use the camera when I move the trailers and mount the camera down in the large opening going into the radiator and then just mount the monitor on the top of the dash for the time that I need to do this job.

My problem is running the cable through the firewall with the 2 RCA connectors on one end and the barrel connector for the camera on the other end and all that extra cable.

I've read suggestions of going through the wiring harness boot that has the hood release cable going through it or the steering column boot, but I just don't want to drill that big of a hole to thread either end through into the cab and up under the dash.

Any suggestions on where I can get shorter cable or how I can run a jumper through the firewall with smaller ends to minimize the diameter of the hole in the boot or the firewall.

Thanks.

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[Msfitoy]

I have an extra back-up camera for a trailer with a 22' cable and a 7" monitor and I want to use it when I move my trailers around in my very close quarters up by my garage.

I have a trailer hitch on the front of the truck and want just use the camera when I move the trailers and mount the camera down in the large opening going into the radiator and then just mount the monitor on the top of the dash for the time that I need to do this job.

My problem is running the cable through the firewall with the 2 RCA connectors on one end and the barrel connector for the camera on the other end and all that extra cable.

I've read suggestions of going through the wiring harness boot that has the hood release cable going through it or the steering column boot, but I just don't want to drill that big of a hole to thread either end through into the cab and up under the dash.

Any suggestions on where I can get shorter cable or how I can run a jumper through the firewall with smaller ends to minimize the diameter of the hole in the boot or the firewall.

Thanks.

You could do this...

Do post images of your install...I'm planning on a future front camera setup too...

 

[VAMike]

cut off the rca connectors, run the cables, put new connectors on. they're pretty simple.

 

[SubVet]

Why don't you use the upper console and grab some 12 volt from there? I ran my camera cable under the headliner down the a-pillar on the left side up and over using the left 12-volt receptacle. Since I now like the camera I want to tap 12V from the upper console to run the camera. I bought a cheap AUKEY Camera to test ...Since it works as advertised, I decided to keep it.$40 well spent.

 

[t4thfavor]

I have an extra back-up camera for a trailer with a 22' cable and a 7" monitor and I want to use it when I move my trailers around in my very close quarters up by my garage.

I have a trailer hitch on the front of the truck and want just use the camera when I move the trailers and mount the camera down in the large opening going into the radiator and then just mount the monitor on the top of the dash for the time that I need to do this job.

My problem is running the cable through the firewall with the 2 RCA connectors on one end and the barrel connector for the camera on the other end and all that extra cable.

I've read suggestions of going through the wiring harness boot that has the hood release cable going through it or the steering column boot, but I just don't want to drill that big of a hole to thread either end through into the cab and up under the dash.

Any suggestions on where I can get shorter cable or how I can run a jumper through the firewall with smaller ends to minimize the diameter of the hole in the boot or the firewall.

Thanks.

To answer a few other members questions, can you tell everyone what you did for a front hitch?

 

[Raptor-EU]

Thought of a cheap RCA transmitter/receiver?

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