Tow bar wiring for my 1995 smiley

[transit jono]

Can anyone give me the right colours to connect my tow bar wiring into my 1995 Hallmark smiley?I towed my new 1600e from Western-Supermere to West London,only to find at the last minute the wiring had been removed from the rear o/side light .
It would be great if someone could help and save me getting the auto electric guy out.
Thanks Jono

[madvanman]

on that year you should find a connector in the n/s rear corner for the trailer wiring:
connection - colour - trailer wiring plug pin no.
n/s stop light - violet - 6
o/s stop light - violet/orange - 8 at rear light colour is violet/black
n/s sidelight - orange/white - 7
o/s sidelight - orange/blue - 5 at rear light colour is orange
n/s indicator - blue - 1
o/s indicator - blue/red - 4
fog light - violet/yellow

[transit jono]

Thanks for the info.Are you saying that Ford have supplied sockets on the wiring loom to plug my trailer wiring straight into?The existing wiring(when i bought the van) was wiried into the o/side rear light then cut away,i tried to follow the colour coding but was unable to.
Jono

[madvanman]

yes, from 1995 onwards ford fitted a socket for towbar wiring to plug into
if yours is from the second half of 95 it should have the socket.

[Transit-Tricky]

Madvanman, I have a pre 1995 (Mk4) so without the connector, but I like the idea. Do you know if it is a standard connector or a Ford special? I wouldnt mind soldering a connector into my loom to connect my towbar to, just in case I pull it off again in the future. If I make it the same type as a smiley then it would be "standard"

Cheers, TT

[MrMPuk]

Yeah they all had them it was standard in the loom on the Mk5, dunno about yours but maybe you could cut one out of a later van and fit it to yours!

[Transit-Tricky]

Good idea, but what do I plug into it? Hence my question, is it a standard connector

[madvanman]

Yeah they all had them it was standard in the loom on the Mk5, dunno about yours but maybe you could cut one out of a later van and fit it to yours!

not all of the mk5s, ive just cut up a '96 hicube for spares and it didnt have it but my '95 does.

The connector is for a ford option loom which is pre wired to the trailer socket, i dont know if it is a standard plug and i cant check at the moment as my van has most of another transit inside it (hicube full to capacity)

[100ps_drw_hicube]

Yeah they all had them it was standard in the loom on the Mk5, dunno about yours but maybe you could cut one out of a later van and fit it to yours!

not all of the mk5s, ive just cut up a '96 hicube for spares and it didnt have it but my '95 does.

The connector is for a ford option loom which is pre wired to the trailer socket, i dont know if it is a standard plug and i cant check at the moment as my van has most of another transit inside it (hicube full to capacity)

my hicube didnt have this connecter nor does my dads 98 hicube but our 100lwb hitop does have

[rallyevo3]

I presume the plug is on the inside of the van at the back on the passenger side? My 98 should have one then?

Ian

[Transit-Tricky]

I may be getting to the bottom of this - or just getting more confused. I was reading my Haynes manual last night (as you do...) and found that the 1992-1995 wiring diagram shows the Trailer Socket. I looked on the 1995-2000 Diagram and it was missing!

The next obvious thing to do is to look at my loom to see if I actually have the plug there already! I will do so tomorrow...

Cheers, TT

[rallyevo3]

My 98 Hi-Cube doesn't have one

[Transit-Tricky]

Well if my Haynes manual was to be believed I would have one, but....



I haven't!!

So I will solder some kind of 7 pin plug and socket combination into the loom to hook up my towbar wiring. Makes you wonder how Ford decided on which van had a plug and which didn't

Cheers, TT

[gemini]

make sure they havent put one on the other side first

[Transit-Tricky]

Thanks Gemini for the tip. I haven't got one on the OS either!
I shall get my soldering iron out on the weekend