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MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

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Re: Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby snowjoe » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:22 pm

Similar problem for me. Anyone near Biggleswade, Bedfordshire who can wire up a tow bar for me?
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Re: Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby snowjoe » Mon Jul 09, 2012 11:35 pm

P.S. If i did try to do it myself.... where do you actually connect the tow bar wires to the van wiring? All done behind one light, or somewhere in the middle? I just didn't think you would find all wires in one side, for example if you wired into back of near side rear lights, surely there would be no live feed for off side lights over there?
Mine is a 1997 Tourneo, struggling a bit as you might have guessed :D (I have done this once before, years ago, mind gone blank :D)
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Re: Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby ake » Tue Jul 10, 2012 6:23 am

Normally connect behind near side light, and then run two wires to off side for side light and indicator on that side
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Re: Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby snowjoe » Tue Jul 10, 2012 2:11 pm

great, will have a bash. thanks very much
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Re: MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby TonyWalker » Sat Jun 15, 2013 8:27 pm

Is there a connector in the transit wiring loom for this?
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Re: MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby ake » Sat Jun 15, 2013 11:24 pm

Not normally, no.
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Re: MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby TonyWalker » Sun Jun 16, 2013 11:44 am

Thanks AKE, looks like I' gonna have to splice the wiring in then.
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Re: MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby Doglady » Mon Jul 22, 2013 6:34 pm

Is there anyway the bleeper for indicators can be increased?
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Re: MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby ake » Mon Jul 22, 2013 8:02 pm

Doglady wrote:Is there anyway the bleeper for indicators can be increased?

In volume?
The easiest way is to extend the wiring and move the buzzer closer to the front of the van.
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Re: MK 6) Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby Dorwills » Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:15 am

My van have different colours can eny one help me
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Re: Tow bar wiring help please ?

Postby Virgil4747 » Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:46 pm

KH_Towbars wrote:Should be something like this if these are the colours you have

Orange/yellow - Left indicator (yellow from towbar socket or orange if you are fitting the buzzer)
Orange/Blue - Right indicator (green or grey from socket or buzzer)
Orange - N/S Side light (black from socket)
Orange/Black - O/S Side light (brown from socket)
Orange - Stop lamps (red fro.........)
Green/Black - Reverse lamps (yellow only if you are fitting 2 sockets)
Green/Yellow - Rear Fog lamps (blue from socket)

to determine the stop & side as they are both orange, The side is the orange wire next to the orange/yellow for the indicator.


Thank you, been struggling as I hate electrickery!
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