This morning, I replaced Tom Weber's 7 wire trailer harness.
He ran out first thing this morning to a local RV dealer and picked up the new harness. Took me about 20 minutes in total. Not sure how consistent the process is at the factory by model and over time, but most of the connections in the 4x4 electrical box at the hitch were crimped with cap-style insulated connectors. This means that you'll need new connectors.
Two of the larger wires on the trailer used twist-style red wire nuts that I was able to reuse. I ended up having 4 of the cap-style insulated crimp connectors in my stash and a few larger gauge crimp-style butt splices.
Planning to add some standard wire nuts (yellow, red and gray) to the trailer kit - just in case.
By the way, not sure how prevalent this is, but Tom thinks his connector pulled out of the receptacle during a very tight turn. Then the connector rode on the ground the rest of his trip. Ended up ground down pretty flat
I suggested he consider putting a receptacle in the bed for use when towing the 'Horn.
Jim
He ran out first thing this morning to a local RV dealer and picked up the new harness. Took me about 20 minutes in total. Not sure how consistent the process is at the factory by model and over time, but most of the connections in the 4x4 electrical box at the hitch were crimped with cap-style insulated connectors. This means that you'll need new connectors.
Two of the larger wires on the trailer used twist-style red wire nuts that I was able to reuse. I ended up having 4 of the cap-style insulated crimp connectors in my stash and a few larger gauge crimp-style butt splices.
Planning to add some standard wire nuts (yellow, red and gray) to the trailer kit - just in case.
By the way, not sure how prevalent this is, but Tom thinks his connector pulled out of the receptacle during a very tight turn. Then the connector rode on the ground the rest of his trip. Ended up ground down pretty flat
I suggested he consider putting a receptacle in the bed for use when towing the 'Horn.
Jim