Today we are going to install part number 118175 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this on a 2004 Mazda Tribute. What is going to happen is we are going to have to get behind the tail lights. We are going to attach four wires and a ground on the drivers side, and then run the passengers side wire underneath the bumper and then up to the other tail light. So we will go ahead and begin by taking off the tail lights of the vehicle. OK, for now we will just go ahead and disconnect the tail lights. What we are going to do first is actually install the ground screw into the sheet metal right here, and then we will use that for a ground for our tester. Then we will go ahead and start testing the wire functions. more
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Posted: 6/26/2009 8:15:30 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118244 on a 2004 Nissan Xterra. We are underneath the vehicle. With the spare tire removed we are taking a look at the passengers side frame rail here. You can see right at the top of the frame rail we have got this plug with a cap on it. That is the plug that we are going to need to plug our harness into. I am just going to remove the cap, and I am just going to push the button in on the top here and remove the cap. And then we are just simply going to plug our harness into that and secure any of the extra wires that you may have on the 4-pole, using some zip-ties. And you do want to test all functions to make sure that you are getting power on all active ports. And this will conclude the installation of wiring harness part number 118244 on a 2004 Nissan Xterra. more
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Posted: 6/25/2009 8:00:56 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118431 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this T-1 connector on a 2010 Kia Soul. First thing is, our connection points will be right behind the tail lights here. What we will do is take off each tail light, find our connection point behind that, run the wires down and then come out by the hitch. And then for the ones going to the other tail light, we will just keep going back up and to the other tail light to the passengers side. more
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Posted: 6/23/2009 11:48:40 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118409 from Tow Ready. This is a T-1 connector, and we are going to install this on a 2006 Jeep Wrangler. First we will show you where the connection points are on the vehicle itself. The connection point is behind this plastic up in this body cavity here. Sometimes the connector is in plain view sometimes it is kind of off to the side, kind of more inside to the center of the vehicle. So sometimes you do have to dig for it, but it is in there. more
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Posted: 6/22/2009 11:14:58 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118480 on a 2009 Nissan Rogue. We have opened up the rear hatch of the vehicle and we are going to go ahead and point out where we need to locate the connection points for our wiring harness. The connection points are actually located behind the tail light assemblies, on the inside of the vehicle, behind these panels, on both sides of the vehicle. To gain access to those, we are going to need to remove quite a few items here from the rear end of the vehicle. To release these screws here, you actually want to align the arrows. There is an arrow here on the inboard side, along with the arrow on the knob. If you align those two, it will allow these two clips to release. There are also three screws here that are holding this compartment in that we are going to need to remove as well. more
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Posted: 6/22/2009 8:06:47 AM
Today we are going to install part number 30955 from Hoppy, and we are going to install this wiring harness adapter onto a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado. First we will show you where the original factory harness plugs into. It is above the spare tire. That is the connector right here. And what happens is we just unclip it, pull it out, and we will plug it into the back of the wire harness adapter. So let us go ahead and unclip it. This cap comes off. Push this button down here, and we are ready to install our adapter harness. more
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Posted: 6/18/2009 12:37:16 PM
Today we are going to be installing tail light converter part number 118175 on a 1999 Ford Crown Victoria. OK, we are inside the trunk of the vehicle, and to locate the wires that we are going to need to tap into for the harness, we are going to need to remove a few pieces from the trunk area. We need to remove this rear threshold piece, and then we will need to pull back the carpeting as well, that is right behind the tail light assembly. The threshold piece has four clips that we are going to need to remove that will allow us to pull it off. And the carpeting has one screw holding it on. So we are going to go ahead and remove those first. And we should be able to gain access to all the wires necessary over here on the drivers side. You can see the main lead going over to the passengers side is right here. OK, now that we have got the carpeting pulled back, you can see we have got the main wiring harness here feeding the drivers side tail light assembly, and we have got the harness that is coming across for the the passengers side assembly. more
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Posted: 6/18/2009 8:11:07 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118461 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this part on a 2001 Subaru Forester. The connection points are inside the vehicle, in the rear, so we have to get inside the rear hatch and start pulling up the floor panels. Our connection point happens to be right here, underneath the threshold on the passengers side. You just pull it out. It has got the blue tape on it. And our T-connector will simply just snap in place, like so. And all that remains is to go ahead and attach the Modulite to the back of the sheet metal here. You can put it just any place you want but it seems pretty convenient and out of the way right here. And we can zip-tie our wires to the existing wire package here, and they will be safe and out of the way. Now we did not really have to take out the spare tire, but it gives you a better idea of what is going on. more
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Posted: 6/5/2009 2:25:23 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118307 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this T-1 connector on a 2006 Kia Sorento. We are also going to be using part number 118144, 4-pole bracket, as part of this install. First we will install our bracket, and we will just install a couple of simple screws that come with the package. And then we will install our T-1 connector 4-pole harness into that. All right, the Sorento already has a port installed from the factory, so it is a simple matter of plugging the T-1 harness into this port right here. So you push down this button on top, and then take a screwdriver to catch the edge of it. It helps kind of get it started where you can pull it out. more
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Posted: 6/1/2009 10:58:34 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118175, the protected tail light converter, and we are going to install this on a 2003 Mitsubishi Montero Sport. We are going to tap in behind the tail lights. I am going to take this off, and then we are going to run a wire on the outside here, underneath the bumper cover. And this is where the converter box will hide, underneath here. All right, the next thing we are going to do is pull this bumper cover away from it. We are just going to use a simple brake tool and just work our way behind it, just enough where you can run a fish wire through there and out the bottom. more
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Posted: 5/27/2009 10:40:28 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118438 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this on a 2005 Honda Odyssey. All right, this is the plug that will go into the factory plug behind the plastic here, and we also have the ground for our unit, which will get grounded on the inside on sheet metal. So first we will take this off. All right, we are going to take off these tie-down points here we have one on each side. There are some buttons underneath here, too, so we are going to loosen those first. There you go - it just pops right up. Now you can see where we have got to take this off so we can pop this loose and out. We will take off the jack storage compartment door and then just easily pull it off on the side. Some are harder than others. And it will also help to take off this little tie-down point, too. You may have to put a tool back here to work it out. All right, once you have the threshold panel taken off, you can see why this has to come loose - now you can see why you have to take the threshold off, because this overlaps it. What is going to happen is that this is going to get pulled out just enough to run the harness in here, because the harness is going to be stored inside the jack storage compartment. The connection point is going to be on the passengers side of the vehicle behind this plastic here. It kind of helps to take this tie-down point off and pull it away. But there is a fuse box back behind the plastic we have to plug our harness into. more
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Posted: 5/22/2009 10:49:40 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 188453 on a 2007 Kia Amanti. OK, we are in the trunk area here and we want to go ahead and locate the connection point for the wiring harness. What we want to do is to go ahead and take off the access panel here. And it is kind of hard to see, but right behind this carpeting piece is our connector for our wiring harness. OK, we need to make that connection there, both on the drivers side and over on the passengers side. We are also going to need to remove this middle threshold piece and also pull back some of the felt liner on both sides. You do so by removing the push pins here on the sides and the ones here on the threshold piece, as well. more
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Posted: 6/18/2009 11:06:29 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118301 on a 2007 GMC Canyon. All right, we are underneath the vehicle now, and we have removed the spare tire to gain a little more access. Over here on the drivers side frame rail, we are at the rear end, where the first crossmember meets the frame, you can see the plug-in right here. And that is the plug that we are going to be using to plug our T-harness into. To disconnect the harness, we just want to depress the button here and pull them apart. And then we simply want to take our T-connector and plug it in line. You want to push it in until you hear the click. more
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Posted: 5/19/2009 1:03:55 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118175 on a 2000 Volkswagen Jetta. OK, we are in the trunk now, and we are going to go ahead and locate the wires that we are going to be tapping into for the wiring harness. I went ahead and removed the bottom carpeting pieces to give me a little bit more room to work. Over here on the drivers side, you can see if I remove this little lid for this compartment here and pull back this piece here, that will give us access to the wires here on the drivers side. We can access 4 of the 5 wires right over here. We are going to need to run a lead over to the passengers side tail light assembly to make our connection there. We need to go ahead and figure out which wire goes with which function we are looking for. It appears to be the green wire with the yellow stripe is the left-turn signal. Next, I am going to test for the running-light function, and that wire appears to be the green one with the white stripe. Next, we are going to go ahead and test for the brakes. OK, and that appears to be just the solid green wire. more
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Posted: 5/18/2009 2:59:44 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118369 on a 1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee. We are inside the rear of the vehicle, and we are going to go ahead and locate the connector for the wiring harness. The Grand Cherokee actually has a separate port where our wiring harness is going to plug into. And it is actually located on the drivers side, right here behind this interior panel that sits right about - right in here. So, we are going to need to remove this, and to do so we are going to need to take out a few screws. Take out the two screws that are holding down the tie-down hooks and then we want to take out the one screw that is holding the drivers side of the rear threshold piece. I am just going to come in and start here at the rear portion. I am just going to take a regular, flat-bladed screwdriver and just it here behind the panel. And just gently pry back until you hear the clips release. more
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Posted: 5/18/2009 1:19:48 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118302 on a 2006 Honda Accord. We are inside the trunk area here. The connection points are actually located behind the tail light assembly, so we are going to need to remove this rear threshold piece. There are push rivets located here that are holding the threshold piece on. I am going to take a flat-bladed screwdriver and just gently pull up. OK, next I am going to go ahead and remove the carpeting. To do so, there are two Phillips-head screws that we are going to take out. We are going to remove the plastic plugs that are in here as well, and that will allow us to pull the carpeting back here. So here on the drivers side we are going to go ahead and make all three of our connections. more
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Posted: 5/11/2009 12:57:05 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118175 from Cequent on a 2002 Acura RSX. OK, we are inside the trunk area now, and I have gone ahead and removed the spare tire to gain a little bit more room to work with here. But the wires that we are going to need to be tapping into are located directly behind the tail light assembly here on the inboard. And you can actually see there is a little bit of a cover here that we can actually take and pull back, and that will give us full access here to the wires that we need to tap into. I am also going to need to remove this middle threshold piece as well. This particular model actually has a factory plug on it that is specific for the tow package. There is a little plug right here. What we can actually do is test each one of the functions that are in there. And we will hardwire directly into it. more
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Posted: 5/11/2009 12:53:23 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118382 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this T-1 harness on a 2006 Jeep Liberty. The connection points on our T-1 harness are going to be behind the tail lights on the passengers side as well as the drivers side. What we are going to have to do is to take off the tail lights to get to the connection point. So first off, I am going to open up the doors and remove the tail lights. We will need to take out these two screws here, and then the light assembly will pop off. OK, here is the connection point right here. So what we have got to do is disconnect this point here from the tail light, and we are actually going to remove the whole tail light assembly from the vehicle just for now. There is a little red tab right here that we have to push up to unlock it. Squeeze right here and it comes right apart. This little clip right here, we have got to undo that, too. All right, we are going to do this on both sides of the vehicle. more
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Posted: 5/5/2009 12:43:14 PM
Today we are going to be installing a 4-pole, part number 118002, on a 2004 Chevrolet Impala. OK, we are inside the trunk area, and we want to go ahead and access the wires that we are going to be tapping into for our wiring harness. Those wires are actually located directly behind the tail light assemblies on both sides of the vehicle. In order to gain access to those wires, we are going to need to go inside the trunk area and we will first off need to remove these three screws per side and then pull back our carpeting. And you can actually see there are two more set screws that we are going to need to remove as well. And with all the set screws removed, I can go ahead and pull the tail light assembly off. As you can see, here is our main wiring harness, feeding the drivers side tail light assembly here. We have got three wires here. We have got a brown with white, which is going to be the running light lead that we are going to be tapping into the yellow, which is our left turn and left brake signal and then the black, which is the standard ground. And then what we want to do is to take our yellow wire here off of our wiring harness, and we want to go ahead and we are going to attach it directly to the yellow wire on our tail light assembly. more
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Posted: 5/1/2009 8:58:28 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118329 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this T-1 Connector on a 2000 Dodge Dakota pickup. Now this T-connector will go to two sides of the vehicle. The green wire will go to the passengers side, and the yellow wire will go to the drivers side. This T-connector actually will fit between a connection that is already in the wire harness. It unsnaps, and then this part goes in one and the other half goes into the other. And then the wire comes up from the middle, which makes it a T. more
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Posted: 4/30/2009 4:53:38 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118303 on a 2007 Chrysler Pacifica. Okay, we are at the rear of the vehicle, and we are going to go ahead and locate the attaching points for our wiring harness. The attaching points are actually located directly behind the tail lights. So the first thing we need to do is go ahead and remove both of those. To do that, we just need to remove the two screws here on the inboard side, and then we will just pull the tail light assembly away. more
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Posted: 4/29/2009 11:14:40 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 46155 from Hoppy on a 2006 Dodge Stratus. OK, we are inside the trunk area, and we are going to go ahead and locate the wiring on the Stratus that we are going to need to tap into with the converter kit. As you can see, we have got some interior covering that is actually covering up the wiring that we are going to need to locate. So the first thing we want to do is remove this rear threshold piece here. There are a few pop rivets that we are going to need to remove. And then, with removing those, we can pull that back and gain access to the wires here on the drivers side. As you can see, the main lead feeding to the passengers side is right here. We can tap into the right-turn signal from this location. The converter that we are going to be using as you can see has five wires to it. We have got the white, which is a ground. We have got a brown, which is the running light lead a yellow, which is the left turn the green, which is the right turn and the red, which is the stop lead. We are going to need to locate each individual function here on the wiring harness and manually attach these wires directly into them. more
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Posted: 4/27/2009 3:14:40 PM
Today we are going to install part number 33105 from Hoppy, and we are going to install this on a 2004 Honda Pilot. A wiring connector is hidden behind this plastic piece right here in the threshold, so what we have got to do is get behind this, take it up, and then get between here and the bucket that is behind here, and that is where the connector lies. Pulling back the bucket here, you can see where our wiring connector is hidden. We will loosen that up and install our harness under that port. more
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Posted: 4/20/2009 4:19:45 PM
Today we are going to be showing you part number 118705 from Tow Ready. This is the 7-Pole RV to 7-Pole Flat Adapter with a Backup Alarm. It maintains a 7-way flat pin wiring, but it adds an alarm and a cover for the plug to keep the elements out. It has a limited lifetime warranty. It fits into you plug like so. And with it open here, here is the 7-pole flat as well as the emitter for the backup alarm. And it has this nice, weathertight case to make sure rain, dirt and grime stay out of it. Next we are going to give you a sample of what the backup alarm sounds like. All it needs is for you to do is to get into your car and simply put your car into reverse, and the alarm takes over. And there you have it for part number 118705, the 7-Pole RV to 7-Pole Flat Adapter with a Backup Alarm from Tow Ready. more
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Posted: 4/20/2009 3:56:44 PM
Today we are going to be showing you part number 118706 from Tow Ready. This is the 7-Pole RV to 6-Pole Round Adapter. And it also features a backup alarm and cover for the plug,to keep out the weather elements. This has a limited lifetime warranty. And next we are going to show you how it fits into your 7-pole connector and also demonstrate for you how the backup alarm works. more
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Posted: 4/20/2009 3:54:20 PM
All right, today we are going to install part number 118002 from Tow Ready. And we are going to install this 4-Flat Car End on a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer. And we will show you how to mount it. It comes as a very simple kit. It comes with a 4-pole flat for the car end, and also four wire caps to tap into the wiring on the vehicle. What is really nice about the GMC Jimmy and the Blazer we have here is that the wiring harness is actually already provided for a towing package. They all have it, and it is located actually behind the license plate light right here, zip-tied to the back side of the bumper. So just cut the zip-tie, basically, pull it down, and all your wires are there, ready to go. And on the harness here, it actually tells you what wire does what function, so that is pretty handy. So what you want to do is go ahead and pull up the tape on the wires here. They are staggered, so you are going to go up pretty far to get to the ends of each wire. more
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Posted: 5/6/2009 12:09:23 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118356 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this on a 1996 Jeep Wrangler. OK, we will start off by positioning our 4-pole flat behind the hitch, and we are just going to leave it loose like that for now. And we will run our wires to the drivers side and the passengers side. Starting with the passengers side, which will be the green and white wires, we are going to run it behind the hitch itself, because there really is not anywhere else where you can hide the wiring on this particular vehicle. So, it is going to take quite a few zip-ties to hold everything in place. And our junction point will be up here, behind this plastic here, approximately in this area here. All right, we will just take down this plastic right here. more
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Posted: 4/14/2009 3:20:26 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118446 on a 2008 Jeep Patriot. The attaching points for our wiring harness are going to be located directly behind the tail light assembly on both sides of the vehicle. So, the first thing we want to do is to remove the tail lights. There are two push pins on each assembly that need to be pulled out. With the push pins removed we can remove our tail light assembly. You can see this is the connector we are looking for to make our connection to our wiring harness. To remove the tail light we want to take this red tab and pull it out and then push the little clip here and pull it right off. more
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Posted: 4/10/2009 9:47:55 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118361 on a 2000 Nissan Pathfinder. And this installation will also apply for the Infiniti QX4 as well. The wiring installation is actually going to be done predominantly on the inside of the vehicle here. What we need to do is, I have actually opened up the rear hatch of the vehicle. Connecting points for the wiring harness are actually located behind the interior panels on both sides of the vehicle, directly behind the tail light assemblies. So the first thing I am going to do is go ahead and take out the six screws holding the rear threshold piece and then pry away the rivets on the sides to gain access to the connectors. We will just set that off to the side for the time being, and I will go ahead and pull back the carpeting. more
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Posted: 4/10/2009 9:41:31 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118417 from Tow Ready. We are going to install this on a 2007 Chevrolet Impala. To install the T-1 connector, we have to get back behind the tail light assembly here and behind this plastic. We are also going to be taking off the passengers side tail light, too. And this whole panel will just pop up straight vertical. And we are going to take off this other wing nut right here. Now that we have got our tail light loose, we are going to just temporarily disconnect it from the wiring harness. And then this actual plug right here is where our T-1 connector is going to hook up to the vehicle. We will reconnect the T-1 connector back in, and just tuck that back between the bumper fascia and the body. And we are also going to take our 4-pole wire, and we are going to route that straight down, because that is going to come out by the hitch itself. Make sure to leave that ground wire, because we are going to attach it to the sheet metal below the tail light. And we will just clip our original wire harness back on. more
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Posted: 4/7/2009 3:15:48 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 119175 on a 1997 Chrysler Concorde. OK, we are inside the trunk area here, and as you can see, I have gone ahead and removed the rear carpeting to expose the wires that we are going to be tapping into to wire the wiring harness. We can go ahead and access most of the wires directly right here in this area. The first thing we want to do is to go ahead and probe the wires to determine which function each wire carries. The first thing we want to do is to test for our left-turn signal. And it appears to be this light green wire coming directly out of the harness. Then we want to find our right-turn signal, which appears to be the tan wire that is feeding over to the passengers side. Then we want to find the brake line, which again appears to be the white wire with the tan stripe. And then the last thing we need to find is our running lights, and that appears to be the black wire with the yellow stripe. Then on our harness here, we are just going to go ahead and make our connections to the wires that we just found. The yellow wire is going to be our left-turn signal wire. The white is, again, going to be the ground, which we want to use that common grounding point right over here. The brown wire was our running-light feed, the red wire was our brake feed, and our green wire is our right-turn feed. more
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Posted: 4/1/2009 4:10:45 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118418 from Tow Ready on our 2006 Saturn Vue. The general layout of this wire harness is that the connections are behind the tail lights, route the wires underneath the vehicle, and the wires will be stored outside the vehicle when we are done. To start off, we will take off the tail lights we will lift the hatch to get to those. All right, and here is our connection point right here. So let us pull this latch out and pull it apart. And repeat for the passengers side. All right, next we need to loosen this section of quarter-panel here to give us some room to run our connectors and put our black box for the T-harness hidden back up inside of here. What we are going to do is take out this nut here and this nut here, and that will give us enough wiggle room to pull the panel off just a little bit. more
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Posted: 3/31/2009 2:15:08 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118349 on a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee. OK, we are inside the rear of the vehicle now, and we are going to go ahead and locate the ports for the wiring harness. The ports can actually be located on the interior side, directly behind the tail light assemblies. Here on the drivers side is actually a door that we can remove and be able to locate the ports inside of there. On the passengers side, we actually are going to have to remove the interior panel and gain access that way. So, the first thing I am going to do is go ahead and remove the spare tire off the holder, so I can get a little more room to do some work here. more
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Posted: 3/31/2009 2:11:03 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118451 on a 2008 GMC Acadia. OK, we are here at the back side of the vehicle and the attaching points for our wiring harness are actually located directly behind the tail light assemblies themselves on both sides of the vehicle. So the first thing we want to do is to go ahead and remove them. There are two black caps on each one of the assemblies. You need to pop those back, and that will give us access to the fasteners that are holding the tail light assembly on. We are going to remove those fasteners and pull the tail light assembly off to gain access to the connectors themselves. We just take a little flatheaded screwdriver and pop that right back. And as you can see, there is a regular hex head screw in there. And you want to be careful when you are doing that to make sure you do not break the locking tabs. And we are just going to take a little 7-millimeter socket here and remove the bolts. With both screws removed, we want to go ahead and gently pry away the tail light assembly. There are two aligning tabs here on the back side. You want to make sure that those do not break. You just want to gently kind of wiggle it back and forth until they release. more
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Posted: 3/24/2009 4:18:55 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118371 on a 2000 Kia Sportage. All right, we are inside the rear of the vehicle here, and we are going to go ahead and locate the plug-ins for the wiring harness. As you can see, looking at the drivers side, we have got this compartment, and the wiring harness is actually located directly behind there on both sides of the vehicle. We can go ahead and remove the door cover. And, as you can see, the wiring harness is connected to the back of the tail light assembly here. So what we can do is go ahead and unplug it. There is a little push button here right at the bottom and it pulls straight out. more
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Posted: 3/23/2009 3:24:21 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 31165 on a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado, this harness also applies to the GMC Canyon. We are underneath the vehicle now. We are going to go ahead and point out where the wiring harness is located. You can see where the spare tire is located, directly to the left of that, at the mergining of the cross member and the frame, you can see the wiring connectors here. The first thing we want to do is go ahead and disconnect these two pieces. You can see there is a little tab here. Go ahead and push that in and pull the two connectors apart. more
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Posted: 3/10/2009 5:37:43 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number V30608 on a 2006 Nissan Titan. OK, we are underneath the vehicle here, and we are actually looking at the back side of the bumper just a little bit forward excuse me, just a little bit rearward - of the spare tire. We are on the drivers side, and you can see this port right here. This is actually the port that we are going to be plugging into for our wiring harness. So the first thing that we want to do is go ahead and disconnect that from the little pop rivet that is in here. And then you can go ahead and pull that down, like so. From there, you can see there is a little cap on there. You press the button here and and pull that right off. And that is where our wiring harness is going to plug into. more
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Posted: 3/5/2009 3:33:46 PM
Today we are going to install a T-1 wiring connector by Tow Ready on a 2006 Pontiac Torrent, part number 118391. To begin our install, we are going to remove the side panel it just snaps out. Next we have to take out the jack. Once the jack is removed we want to look for the wiring harness. As you can see, the wiring harness is just electrical taped down in the bottom of the cavity of the frame, and once you get it freed up, all you need to do is just connect the wiring harness to it and ground it, and then you are good to go. more
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Posted: 2/25/2009 4:15:40 PM
Today we are going to install part number 20047 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this wiring part on our 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pickup. Basically, what this part does is it puts a 7-pole end on the back of your pickup, replacing the factory blank right here. Basically, what you are going to do is take this plate here and twist it sideways until a key comes out. And you pull out the blank and the wire harness right here. Undo the wire harness by just pushing down this pin right here, and it comes right apart. more
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Posted: 2/24/2009 3:27:41 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118375 on a 2002 Ford Taurus. We are inside the trunk area here, and we are going to go ahead and point out the mounting location for the wiring harness. The plugs for the harness are actually located behind the tail lights, behind the interior paneling here. To gain access to these plugs we need to remove this back threshold piece, which is held in with two thumbscrews, one on each side here, and then three push plugs as well. So when we go ahead and remove that piece, that will allow us to pull back the felt here and gain access to the plugs. So we are going to go ahead and do that now. more
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Posted: 2/23/2009 4:05:35 PM
Today we are going to install a 4-pole and 7-pole connector by Hoppy, part number 30955, on a 2006 GMC Sierra. This wiring connector that we are installing goes right into the factory connector. So I would start with lowering the spare tire for good visibility. You are going to want to take the existing wiring down so you can use this excess slack to run it to the bumper so you can mount the connector. Once you get the wiring harness taken down and the cap pulled off, then you are going to need to mount your mounting bracket to the bumper. Once you find a good location, mount the bracket with the self-tapping screws. more
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Posted: 2/16/2009 4:55:20 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118336 from Tow Ready, and we are going to do this on our 2004 Honda Odyssey. The port where we need to get to the wiring is inside the vehicle, so we need to open up the hatch and get to the inside, drivers side quarter-panel. To get behind our quarter-panel here, we have to get behind this access panel. Pull this loose, so you can undo this one, and then get back behind the wiring harness which is located in this general area, here. And there are a couple of clips back in here, and if you kind of put your fingers in there to work it out, it will come loose. Just keep working it back and forth until you get the brake loose until you get enough to where you can get your hand in there. more
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Posted: 2/4/2009 4:53:37 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118354 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this on a 2000 Jeep Cherokee. To begin our install, what we have to do is get inside the vehicle, because all of the components are installed inside the vehicle on the drivers side behind the panel. And, once we are finished with the install, all the wiring is going to remain inside the vehicle. The first step that is going to be involved is taking off the spare tire, right here. We need to take this hook off, and then we need to take off this stand here. All right, next we will remove a couple of screws here from the threshold so we can move this piece outward. And one on top. And then we will take our panel loose. And we do not have to take it all the way off, but we just need to get back to these connectors back here. more
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Posted: 2/3/2009 4:11:26 PM
Today we will be installing wiring harness part number 118409 on a 2000 Jeep Wrangler. We are underneath the vehicle we are actually directly below where the tail lights are on the back side of the vehicle. You can see it has got this kind of vinyl cover here underneath the body. We are going to have to actually pull back the wiring harness locations for both sides they are back up in here. So, to do that, you can see there is a push pin right here that needs to be pulled out, which can be kind of difficult to do, but it does come out. And that will allow us to pull the cover off. And if you can see, there is the harness. It has got some tape over it, but it is located right here. more
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Posted: 2/3/2009 3:40:38 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118396 from Tow Ready. We are going to install this T-1 harness on a 2005 Buick Tarazza. And also, we are going to use a bracket, part number 118144. First we will install our bracket. It is going to install to the factory bracket that is on the hitch. Now this bracket here, it can be installed like this on the hitch. Or, if you did not have a bracket on the hitch, you could easily attach this to the bumper. We will go ahead and start installing our T-1 connector. And we do have to get the tail lights off the vehicle, so we have to open up the back hatch to get to the screws to take off the tail lights. We will take off these two screws right here and then we just pop the whole assembly off. Once you have the tail light loose, go ahead and disconnect it from the wire harness. It is this connection right here you want to take apart. And then go ahead and repeat the same steps for the other side. more
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Posted: 1/29/2009 3:23:49 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118301 on a 2008 Chevrolet Colorado. OK, we are underneath the vehicle and we removed the spare tire, and if you kind of look at the crossmember here, follow it to the drivers side you can see the T-harness that we are going to be disconnecting on the vehicle here. This is where our aftermarket harness is going to plug into. So the first thing we want to do is just go ahead and push the tab in and pull the connectors apart. OK, then we just want to go ahead and plug our harness in line here, like so. more
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Posted: 1/15/2009 3:34:42 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118433 from Tow-Ready on our 2006 Hyundai Sonata. The wiring connection points are right behind the tail lights here behind this access panel. And right behind here is the connection point. Take that apart, and the T-1 connector fits in there. You have to route from one side to the other, so this panel has to come loose, this panel has to come loose, and also this panel on the other side will have to come loose. We will take apart our connection point here. We will install the T-1 connector. The yellow side will go to the drivers side. We will install that, and then the factory wire will plug onto the other side on the T-connector. And we have a ground wire here. We will attach that to the factory ground right here. Next, the red wire here will run across to the passengers side of the vehicle. This wire here will get zip-tied to the wire harness going back across. more
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Posted: 1/14/2009 3:33:24 PM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118448 on a 2008 Ford Taurus X. We are inside the back hatch of the vehicle now, to kind of point out what we need to remove in order to access the plugs for the T-harness. We are going to start here at the rear threshold plate this piece is going to need to be removed. There are some push pins that are holding it in throughout the rear section here. There are also two push pins on the bottom here on the inboard sides. Once that is removed, we are going to need to remove the interior panels on both sides of the vehicle. There are two threaded holders here that need to be removed and then we are going to kind of pry back on the panel. So the first thing we are going to do is to go ahead and remove the threshold piece here, and then we will go back and remove the pieces for the interior panel. more
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Posted: 1/12/2009 4:04:39 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118172 from Draw-Tite, and we are going to hard wire this onto a 2005 Chevrolet Corvette. To get access to the wiring, we are going to take off one of the tail lights on each side. Because it is in fact all empty behind here, what we will do is run our wiring up above this license plate here, right next to the license plate light, and then make our connections behind the tail lights. The first step involved is to go ahead and take off the tail lights, one on each end. There is a little screw that comes out from inside, it is located right here. There is a little screw in this area right about here you take out and the light comes off. And you have access to your wiring right here. We will go ahead and just take the lens off for now. We want to do that one on each side. We will go ahead and peel back some of this tape on here to get a little more access to the wire itself. At this point you can actually test the wires and see which function does what. Black is going to be ground, brown is going to be the running light, and yellow is going to be the left-turn signal. more
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Posted: 1/12/2009 4:03:12 PM
Today we are going to be installing part number 118319 on a 1993 Chevy Suburban. Underneath the bumper area now we can see this is the connecting point for the T-connector. So what we want to do is go ahead and disconnect the two pieces, and then we are going to plug our T-harness in line to that. OK, then we just want to find a suitable grounding point for the ground screw here. We can probably use this metal surface that the T-harness is connected to. OK, with the harness grounded, our installation is complete. This concludes the installation of part number 118319 on a 1993 Chevy Suburban. more
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