This Tow Ready 4 way flat trailer connector is hardwired to the vehicle to provide a trailer connector powering the running lights, turn signals and brake lights on a trailer. This demonstration will show exactly what you will need to do to install the flat four pole trailer connector on a 2000 Dodge Neon. Even if you do not have a Neon the video will provide you with a better idea what will be required for vehicles where the 18002 flat four pole is recommended.
Today we are going to do an install on part number 18002 four pole flat electrical connector the 60 inch long version. We are installing this on a 2000 Dodge Neon. This is pretty simple to install, we do have to hardwire the wires but you do not have to worry about a Modulite or a converter box as it is a standard two wire system. This will be pretty straight forward, test the wires and hook up to the appropriate code and we will be set.
On this vehicle all the wiring is inside the trunk so we need to get into the trunk and get behind the carpeting to get behind the taillights. On this vehicle the wiring is actually routed on both sides so what is going to happen is that we are going to make both of our connections, the running light, left turn, and the ground, on this side and then we will run an extension wire to to the other side, the passenger side, to pick up the right turn signal that way. What needs to happen is that we need to take this carpet away from here, off this pin and we will have to take out this plastic valance too. Starting on the drivers side, we are going to take this connector apart and probe the inside to see what color does what function and then we will trace it back through here and do the actual tap in back here. Ok, we will start testing our wires. We will have to ground our tester and there is a factory ground right here we can actually use. We will check it out by testing in here what wire does what. Currently right now we have on the left turn signal and the running lights. The running lights are going to be that wire there, the black or brown with a yellow stripe. That is the left turn signal, the green with the red stripe. Lets go back over here, there is our wire and we will go ahead and make our connection right now. This kit comes with quick splices which simply slide over one wire then you slide the wire you want to connect to next to it. Shove it up all the way because there is a stop in there then take your pliers and just crimp them together. Give it a tug to make sure you have a good connection and then check the other end, so we know that circuit is good. Then we will go back to our turn signal, that was the green with the red stripe, again lets double check. Yellow is going to be our left turn and we will check at the other end to make sure. We are going to connect our ground wire up and instead of splicing into it we have this handy ground up here from the factory and we will actually connect to that. To do that we are going to install a ring terminal and then we will just connect it up there. The ring terminal does not come with this so you will need to get that separate. With our green wire we will have to run a jumper to the passengers side and then we will make our connection just like we did over here. Before I forget we will go ahead and plug this back onto the taillight. This light green wire is going to be the jumper going over to the passenger side, again this does not come with the kit so you will have to come up with this separately, any scrap wire will work. Since we did not use a quick splice for our ground wire we have an extra and we can use that to make our connections here an on the other side. Then we will take our jumper wire and tuck and run it to the other side, all the panels will hide it and keep it in place. Again, we will take this connector apart and look for our right turn signal wire, light brown and red. We will make our connection to that with our quick splice. Now we will go back to the end of our four pole and test to make sure our connection is good. OK, we have our right turn signal set. At this point we will secure our wires and put our trunk back together and then we are set.
Now we have our trunk reassembled and the wire working properly and we will show you how you are actually supposed to use it. We did not run it outside because most of the time the wiring is in the trunk and you are not going to be pulling all of the time. Go ahead and leave it in the trunk when you are not using it. When you do need to use it just pull it out and you can see this rubber seal will actually give way and then we will shut our trunk on it and we can just pull out as much as we need. The wire is not getting messed up when we are not using it being left outside getting corroded up or anything and you can actually tuck it behind the liner in your trunk. That finishes our install for part number 18002.
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