Here's one more perspective. I'm willing to bet that if you look hard
enough, there is one plug somewhere toward the back of the car that connects
all the tail light wires to the main wiring harness. If you go to a
wrecking yard, you might be able to duplicate both sides of the plug. If
the yard will let you do it, cut off about 6" of the wire on each side of
the plug and take the plug (or go to the dealer and see if you can buy the
plug and pins that populate it). Connect the wires together and add the 5
to 4 wire converter connections to the appropriate wires, then insert that
made-up combo in the plug that your car has (presto, just like the the
bought-out plug-in connectors). The powered converter wants a connection to
your battery or always-on buss and contains the relays that will keep the
trailer wiring from messing w/ the wiring in the car. I used this technique
in my Impala tow car and it is near perfect.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Scot Zediker <roadsterboy@earthlink.net>
To: Phil Esra <philesra@hotmail.com>; <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 11:51 AM
Subject: RE: trailer wiring?
> I bought a powered converter for my trailer lights. (Actually, four of
them; I burned three of them out thanks to bad wiring on the trailer which I
have since fixed.) Most of them are around $40-45 and are "5-wire to
4-wire".
>
> You can solder the wires in if you like, but I just used the Scotch-Lok
connectors that came with the converter. All you'll need is a pair of
pliers to clamp them down, and some acetone to clean the glue inside the
connectors off your hands.
>
> Good luck!
> Scot
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: "Phil Esra" <philesra@hotmail.com>
> To: ba-autox@autox.team.net
> Sent: June 1, 2000 6:15:48 PM GMT
> Subject: trailer wiring?
>
>
> Okay, I told you I was going to ask more questions. I just bought an 80cc
> shifter kart, which I'm going to tow behind the MR2. Nobody makes a
plug-in
> wiring harness for it (towing with an MR2??), so I bought a generic,
4-wire
> connector to match the plug on the trailer. I don't have a great grasp of
> electricity, but I don't see how I can set the trailer up (using the
current
> 4-wire plug) to have turn signals without causing the car's turn signals
to
> come on under braking? Any suggestions?
>
> Also: what's the preferred techniqe for splicing the wires in? Are you
> s'posed to solder them, or can I use those little pincher thingies, or
wire
> nuts?
>
> Thanks! I bow in ignorance before the collected wisdom of ba-autox.
>
> Phil
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