Okay, so I might be towing a little Honda to my cousin's, and my wiring harness is shot. What's the factory spec one? I currently have a 3-prong 1 ground harness that was installed by the previous owner. The wires are completely different than the ones coming from the truck... Pics and advice are much appreciated.
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factory spec I thought was a 4 flat and that is what you have. the towing package would be a round 7 pin connector let me see if I still have some pics when I did mine
if you have the 4 flat on your truck and you are using a tow bar just use a set of portable tow lights like this set up http://www.harborfreight.com/12-volt-magnetic-towing-light-kit-67455.html
Doesn't the trailer come with lights? lol And I'm not sure what kind of trailer it's going to be because the car has no struts.
if you are using a trailer it more than likely should have a set of lights, you will have to see if it has a 4 flat connector or the round connector. If using a tow dolly they usually have lights and generally use a 4 flat/ if using a tow bar YOU supply the lights like the ones from harbor frieght
Alright then. I'll see what I can get lol I told my buddy to supply the trailer, so hopefully he gets the right one. I need a new harness anyways, but I should be able to use the plug from my lightbar too, right? If it's a 4 pin?
Uhhh, don't have any right now. The kit I got from LMC came with an extra harness in case you had to wire it directly in to the towing harness. I did this because my trailer hookup is bad. It has the same female end to plug into the trailer hookup, so I'm assuming it would work either way.
if the trailer has trailer brakes there are more wires for power to a couple of the pins but if no trailer brakes just the 4 wires for lights are fine. I wired in a brake controler also so incase I tow another trailer that has brakes I have it there already, my camper has brakes and it makes towing and stopping much better. It really is easy to wire them up
Alright, awesome. Hopefully I only need the 4 pin plug so I could just use my lightbar's plug lol Thanks Craig!