Towbar wiring - again!

[Mike66]

The bleeper thing is easy to fit
You just connect it to the towing wire first and then the wires in the lamp cluster

Red - tail lights
Blue - fog light
orange - left indicator
Grey - right indicator
White - earth
Black - brake lights

and as it said above i think it is required chillit and so you did do wrong.

Im sorry i think im invisable!!!

[Chillitt]

mike you arent invisible! in fact i think it was your post i got the colours for installing the thing initially, so ta very much i just hadnt seen any instructions for the bleeping bleeper..

[Donk_UK]

The bleeper thing is easy to fit
You just connect it to the towing wire first and then the wires in the lamp cluster

Red - tail lights
Blue - fog light
orange - left indicator
Grey - right indicator
White - earth
Black - brake lights

and as it said above i think it is required chillit and so you did do wrong.

Erm might be me just being thick but isnt tail lights the same as stop lights and isnt the black the earth?

What colour is slate? Grey im guessing, why cant they just say grey lol

[marky]

Stop & Tail use the same BULB, Its got 2 elements.

[Donk_UK]

I dont know what went wrong with mine I tried all different combanations with the wires I can only get it to bleep on a left turn all the lights work so I am calling it a day before i start to see flying spanners too.

[Nikki]

towbar wiring issues

had my surf 6wks now and just bought a trailer. they fitted the tow bar and electrics for me when i bought the surf. hooked it all up to find that the sidelights on the trailer appear to come on when i press the brake pedal, but no rear brake lights come on on the trailer. indicators appear to work fine, although on reading previous posts when i searched it appears there should be some kind of bleepy thing going on when i indicate when towing - that isn't happening. i have found a wiring diagram on the internet and my dad reckons it should be pretty easy to work out which wire is going to the wrong hole and swap them round, but wondering about this bleepy indicator thing now. anyone help?

[Nikki]

no idea what happened there - was meant to be a new post, not a reply to this one Sorry!

[TASR12]

Probably a solid question but now that I've got the bar on (it took a bit or persuasion to line up!) I need to sort the electrics so - are people just running it up under the tail gate and then under the trim/carpet to the light cluster or going in by some other route?

Thanks in advance,

T.

[IanB2]

I just ran the trailer wiring on mine the other night, mine's a 3rd gen, but it may be the same case for you. There were some square plastic grommets near the outside edges at the rear of the cargo area, I drilled a hole in the grommet, and the wiring is able to get under the truck from there (pull the grommet and use a flashlight to confirm there is a path for the wire before drilling). Routed it where I wanted it, and zip-tied it in place from there. Hope that helps.

[TASR12]

Cheers