Hello everyone.
Just a final update on my quest to flat tow my Trac behind my RV. I bought my Trac to specifically flat tow it as it’s the perfect camping day-trip vehicle. From everything I read on line I could convert my Trac to be able to be flat towed with a few simple steps. Well it wasn’t that easy.
I’m not going to post War and Peace here but I could come close as this process has been quite the uphill battle with a ton of twists and turns along the way. It kind of turned into an obsession and I simply wasn’t going to take no for an answer, and believe me I heard “no” a lot.
I personally visited every Ford Dealer in Sacramento and called several more in Northern Ca. Although all of them heard me out none of them would flash my computer to enable the transfer case to go into Neutral Tow. Without the computer flash I was dead in the water. “We don’t work on cars older than 2010”, “it’s a liability”, “we don’t have the software” and 1 service department even insisted Tracs cannot be flat towed under any circumstances which is complete nonsense.
Finally an old school mechanic at a dealer told me I was going to have to do it myself and told me exactly what I needed. So off to eBay I went.
I purchased a Rotunda 007 00500 Diagnostic Tool and an NGS “Purple” software card. I followed the instructions I found on line and flashed the computer myself. I purchased a basic 2 wire 12v LED light from Amazon, connected it to the factory harness and mounted it to my dash. The LED light is an alternative to the Motorcraft “Neutral Tow Kit” that is now no longer available.
I followed the instructions I found on line and shifted my transfer case into Neutral Tow.
The happiness and satisfaction I felt in that moment cannot be overstated.
Today I hooked my Trac up to my RV and went on my first test drive. Success!
Tomorrow we go camping with my Trac right behind me.
This post is already long enough so if anyone wants a full and complete detailed run down of how to do this to your truck PM me and I will be happy to walk you through it as there are definitely a few tricks I learned along the way.
And thanks to those who commented on previous threads with suggestions as some of them definitely helped me out.
Just a final update on my quest to flat tow my Trac behind my RV. I bought my Trac to specifically flat tow it as it’s the perfect camping day-trip vehicle. From everything I read on line I could convert my Trac to be able to be flat towed with a few simple steps. Well it wasn’t that easy.
I’m not going to post War and Peace here but I could come close as this process has been quite the uphill battle with a ton of twists and turns along the way. It kind of turned into an obsession and I simply wasn’t going to take no for an answer, and believe me I heard “no” a lot.
I personally visited every Ford Dealer in Sacramento and called several more in Northern Ca. Although all of them heard me out none of them would flash my computer to enable the transfer case to go into Neutral Tow. Without the computer flash I was dead in the water. “We don’t work on cars older than 2010”, “it’s a liability”, “we don’t have the software” and 1 service department even insisted Tracs cannot be flat towed under any circumstances which is complete nonsense.
Finally an old school mechanic at a dealer told me I was going to have to do it myself and told me exactly what I needed. So off to eBay I went.
I purchased a Rotunda 007 00500 Diagnostic Tool and an NGS “Purple” software card. I followed the instructions I found on line and flashed the computer myself. I purchased a basic 2 wire 12v LED light from Amazon, connected it to the factory harness and mounted it to my dash. The LED light is an alternative to the Motorcraft “Neutral Tow Kit” that is now no longer available.
I followed the instructions I found on line and shifted my transfer case into Neutral Tow.
The happiness and satisfaction I felt in that moment cannot be overstated.
Today I hooked my Trac up to my RV and went on my first test drive. Success!
Tomorrow we go camping with my Trac right behind me.
This post is already long enough so if anyone wants a full and complete detailed run down of how to do this to your truck PM me and I will be happy to walk you through it as there are definitely a few tricks I learned along the way.
And thanks to those who commented on previous threads with suggestions as some of them definitely helped me out.
Hey. I’ve been slammed and haven’t gotten a chance to do a full tutorial. I was not able to flash the computer with FORScan even with the full license. I tried and tried but could not find it so if there’s a way to do it with FORScan somebody would need to post how. I went to eBay and purchased an original Rotunda 007 00500 diagnostic tool and an NGS “Purple” software card. Once you have those you can follow the instructions found online. 
