Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Silverado - Video

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 7:37:16 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Equinox - Video

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet Equinox we are going to be installing wiring harness, part number 118432. We are in the rear cargo area of the Equinox and we are going to locate the port that we are going to be pulling the wiring harness into. This is an open ended port, which is located in the floor area of the jack storage compartment. The first thing we need to do is remove the door here and also remove the jack. I will set that off to the side for the time being. :27 more

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Posted: 4/27/2010 5:23:48 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Equinox - Video

Today on this 2010 Chevrolet Equinox we are going to be installing Cequent wiring harness part number 118494. We are going to start off at the rear of the Equinox and locate the ports that the wiring harness is going to plug into. These ports are located directly behind the tail light assemblies on both the driver and passenger side. The first thing we need to do is remove both the driver and passenger side tail lights. To do that you can see we have got two covered connectors on the inboard side. We just want to pry off the lid and that is going to reveal a Phillips head screw. With those two removed we can gently rock the tail light back and forth to release the outboard clips of the tail light. With the tail light removed you can see our connection port is located directly on the back side of the tail light. We just want to depress the button on the connector and that is going to allow us to separate the two pieces. For the time being we just set the tail light off to the side. 00:53 more

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Posted: 3/18/2010 9:52:00 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Venture - Video

Today on this 2002 Chevrolet Venture we are going to install part number 118355 from Tow Ready. This T- One wire harness actually connects inside the vehicle on the driver side underneath the interior panel. Okay, it is going to be behind this panel right here. So to get to this panel we have to take off this threshold first. When you take this threshold off, there is a bunch of little connections in here. And this one button here rips very easy so be careful when you take it apart. Okay, we will take this fastener apart. And then we will start peeling back the panel. All right, we pulled the panel back, now we have access to our port right here. On some models, this port is actually down below the A/ C unit sometimes too. So it can be a real bear to find but we got lucky here and it is pretty much right out in the open. more

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Posted: 8/18/2009 9:52:32 AM

Trailer Wiring Connector Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup - Video

Today on this 2008 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup we are going to be installing the Pollak Twist-in 7-pole connector part number PK11916. We are at the rear bumper of the Chevrolet Pickup and we are going to locate our mounting location for our 7-pole plug. If you look just to the left of your license plate holder. You have got an existing knock out plug that is basically just a holder for the position that we are going to be putting our 7-pole into. To release this there is a little tab on the outboard side. Just take a flat bladed screw driver or something you can get in there to press that tab in a little bit. Twist the knock-out counter clockwise 45 degrees and pull the knock out away from the vehicle. In doing so you can see on the back side we have got a plug in. 00:46 more

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Posted: 5/11/2010 4:51:48 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Impala - Video

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 10:15:48 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2000 Chevrolet Express Van - Video

Today on this 2000 Chevrolet Express Van, full size, 3500 series, we are going to install part number 118240 from Tow Ready. Our wiring connection points are roughly around behind the tail light area. This is going to be one on each side. We are going to have to get behind the panels right here to get somewhere in this vicinity. It has got some special clips on the inside so be careful when you take them apart so they do not break because they will break kind of easy. To get these loose, what you want to do is kind of pry it out a little this way on the base putting some tension against it and then use the screwdriver and push the tab in a little and then it will pop right out. 00:38 more

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Posted: 5/15/2010 8:30:38 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Chevy Cobalt - Video

Alright, today on this 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt, we are going to install part number 118407 from Tow Ready. This is their T-One wiring connector. What this part does is it fits behind the taillight. First off, we will go ahead and take off the carpet itself, that is above the spare tire. Get that out of the way. Then you can start working on the side panels. We will unscrew these anchor points. And this is going to be our first connection point right here. Let us go over to the other side and repeat the same process on the passenger side. 0:35 more

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Posted: 3/30/2010 4:44:39 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2009 Chevy Silverado - Video

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet Silverado we are going to be installing the replacement Twist-In 7-Way Connector, part number PK11916. If we look back here at the rear of the vehicle, on the upper side of the step bumper, you can see we have got a factory knock-out plug here. This is where our Twist-In Connector is going to plug into. We are actually going to remove this cover here we are actually going to put our new 7-way plug in its place. To remove the knock-out cover, we need to just depress this tab here on the bumper, and that is going to allow us to twist counter-clockwise. I am just going to depress the tab here and disconnect the two. more

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Posted: 8/3/2009 4:04:44 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1993 Chevrolet Suburban - Video

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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Posted: 12/3/2008 8:39:06 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Traverse - Video

Today on this 2010 Chevrolet Traverse we are going to install part number 118450 from Tow Ready. This is their T-One wiring harness and the first steps involved is to open up the back hatch of the vehicle so we can get access to the tail lights themselves. To remove the tail lights we have got to remove these caps right here first off. There will be some bolts underneath to remove so we can take the tail light off. We will take out our screws and this is our connection behind the tail light. Push down on the little button and it should come right apart. 00:43 more

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Posted: 7/19/2010 9:25:42 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation- 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe - Video

Today on this 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe we are going to be installing part number HM40975 wiring kit from Hopkins towing solutions. The hardware that came with the kit is larger than normal, so we actually are going to be holding our bracket up in position so we can pre-mark our holes with a smaller drill bit so we can run our self tapping screws into our bumper. Then we will drill out our holes. :27 more

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Posted: 6/24/2010 2:56:48 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2003 Chevrolet Express Van - Video

Today on this 2003 Chevrolet Express Van we are going to install part number 31345 from Hopkins. This wiring harness plugs into the existing factory harness and the connection points are located inside the vehicle, below both tail lights. The first thing we are going to do is get inside the vehicle and we will remove some panels to get to our wire harness. :19 more

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Posted: 6/29/2010 12:01:47 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2000 Chevrolet Blazer - Video

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 7:09:23 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Equinox - Video

Today we are going to install part number 118391 from Tow Ready. This is a T-1 harness for an 2005 Chevrolet Equinox. We will begin our install by getting inside the vehicle and getting to the jack storage compartment. Once you take out the jack, reach down and you can actually feel for the wire harness down here. Feel around until you find the plastic plug. It does not come out far, but you can see it right here. And you pull it up. There is not much slack in it, but that is the connector right there. It is at the very bottom of the jack storage compartment. And simply your T-1 connector will just plug right into it. And also then your ground connector can connect to the ground wire that is at the bottom of the compartment. more

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Posted: 9/10/2008 10:49:01 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1998 Chevy Silverado - Video

When pulling a 5th wheel or gooseneck trailer it is convenient to be able to plug the trailers electrical connector right into the bed of the truck. This is safer for the wiring and easier for you as you will not have to spend time securing the wiring along the trailer and then back down to the bumper. Most trucks have factory installed tow packages and custom wiring which can be quickly added and installed in the truck bed. Here Chris has a video showing us what he had to do to set up a 1998 Chevy truck, you will be surprised at how fast it can be done. more

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Posted: 7/23/2008 8:56:23 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Chevy HHR - Video

Today we are going to install part number 118407 on our 2007 Chevy HHR. This install has everything kept on the inside of the vehicle. So we will open up the hatch and remove a few panels to get to it. The wiring cables we need to get to are behind this panel and also on the passenger side as well. We will also remove this carpet and paneling so that we can run the wires left and right. Also we must get to the spare tire cover. Then this panel that covers up the threshold you can simply pop off this panel and there is an identical one on the other side. Connecting the driver side first we will run the wires underneath the sheet metal and plastic. Pulling it up through the hole left by the paneling here. Then we can disconnect the wiring from the tail light and this T-Connector can fit. Then this end goes back onto the light socket. Then at the bottom here there is a ground stud we can use to attach our wire. Then we will take the other half of the harness and run it across the preexisting wiring harness and over past the battery. We will run the harness up and connect it to the tail light. more

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Posted: 8/8/2008 4:14:20 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2011 Chevrolet Cruze - Video

Today on this 2011 Chevy Cruze, were going to be installing wiring harness part number 118508. Ok, were inside the trunk area of our Chevy Cruze, we need to first go ahead and locate the ports that were going to be putting our wiring harness into. So to gain access to those ports, were going to have to remove a few things inside the trunk. Were going to first pull back the floor. Next were going to go ahead and remove the rear threshold section and if you look on the vertical facing of the threshold piece, you can see we have 2 push fasteners holding it into position. One on the drivers and one over here on the passenger side. To remove those fasteners, we need to first pry out the center section and if you rotate your fastener enough, you will find a portion where there is actually a cut out between the center section and the outer section and there you could take a flathead screwdriver and go ahead and pry that in there and pop that out. And then once you have got that pulled out, you go ahead and remove the inner section. more

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Posted: 12/12/2011 6:26:16 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Chevrolet HHR - Video

Today on this 2006 Chevy HHR, were going to install a Tow Ready T-One Connector, part number 118407. First we will need to access the rear cargo area of the vehicle. Well see there are access panels these are identical on each side, were going to go ahead and remove those, and theres a piece of foam here that will gently peel back the foam back and out of the way, and give us access to the rear tail light wiring in here on the drivers side. This connection point here goes to the rear tail light socket; well disconnect it from the socket so we can make the connection with our new harness. Today we will be making our connection point on the drivers side and Im going to go ahead and repeat the same process on the passengers side. Now that weve gained access to our two connection points, what we need to do is go ahead and open up the spare tire well. more

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Posted: 11/7/2011 2:24:38 PM

Trailer Connector Socket Installation - 2006 Chevy Silverado - Video

Today on this 2006 Silverado 1500 were going to install 40975 from Hoppy, and our bracket will simply bolt on to the bottom of the bumper at this location right here. So what we need to do is pull out the wiring harness from the vehicle that is stored above the spare tire, and its got plenty of lead, you just got to pull it out. We are going to leave this alone for now, and we are going to go ahead and mount our bracket to the bumper. It comes with two self tapping screws. Okay right now we will take our wiring harness, remove the cap and we will take our plug and just snap it into the bracket, and then make our connection behind it. And with that were already done. more

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Posted: 10/19/2011 5:11:37 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Venture - Video

Today on this 2004 Chevrolet Venture we are going to be installing Tow Ready T-One connector, part number 118355. First we are going to access the rear cargo area. Then we are going to remove the side panel access door. Take it off and set it out of the way. You will see there are two fasteners here holding the black cover on, we are going to remove them now. We will set that out of the way. :23 more

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Posted: 9/12/2011 2:28:40 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Chevy Equinox - Video

Today on this 2006 Chevrolet Equinox we are going to install part number 118391 from Tow Ready. This is going to install inside the vehicle so we need to open up the rear hatch and open up the storage compartment on the driver side. OK, we will remove the jack and down below you can see the port. So what we are going to do is take our T-connector and plug right into it. Alright, and now off a little bit forward from that point is a ground screw. We will go ahead and take our white wire and ground it to that. Then we will use the same factory nut and reattach. Alright, now down in the bottom, on the sheet metal, we will find a nice spot to attach our module to. 0:48 more

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Posted: 8/17/2011 11:07:09 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2009 Chevrolet Colorado - Video

Today we are working on a 2009 Chevrolet Colorado. We will be installing Tow Ready T-One connector part number 118301. Our first step is going to be locating the vehicles rear tail light wiring harness here, up above the spare tire. Then separating the manufacturers connections. Press on the locking tab and separate the two connection points. Now we can take our new Tow Ready connector, which has identical connection points and connect in line with the manufacturers harness. Press them together firmly, so they securely lock in place. Repeat this step on both sides. 0:38 more

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Posted: 6/30/2011 11:30:39 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Chevy Express Van - Video

Today on this 2010 Chevy Express Van we are going to install wiring kit part number 31345 from Hopkins. First we need to access the rear of the vehicle and locate the manufacturer plugs for the rear tail lights. We are going to disconnect the two, there is a push tab to press and pull the connection out of the bottom. We are going to plug our new connector in line with these two. :26 more

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Posted: 6/14/2011 3:46:40 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1997 Chevy Venture - Video

Today on this 1997 Chevy Venture van we are going to install Tow Ready T-One connector, part number 118355. The first step is going to be to access the rear hatch area. We are going to remove the threshold and get into the side panel here where we will need to make our connection. You want to gently get under and pry up on the threshold. Remove it out of your way. We have a Phillips screw we have to remove here from this hold down. And we are going to get in behind our panel here and pull it away to access our trailer plug. You see here, after we have pealed back the trim panel, we have located the plug for the rear taillight. There is a small locking tab. You need to press on that. Separate the two connectors. We are going to take our new Tow Ready connector. We are just going to plug that inline with the manufacturer connector. Make sure you press them together firmly, that the locking tabs snap into place. 0:59 more

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Posted: 5/19/2011 11:31:29 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Chevrolet S-10 - Video

Today we are going to be installing Tow Ready T-One connector, part number 118359 on our 2002 Chevy S-10. So first we are going to gently pry back on our connector and separate our rear taillight harness. Then we are going to take our new wiring harness. As you can see, it looks almost identical to the manufacturer harness. We are going to install it in line with the manufacturer harness. Press firmly when installing the connectors so that the locking tab goes back in to place. With our second connection, again our locking tab is in place. Now let us locate a suitable place to install our ground wire. I like to use a self-tapping screw when installing my ground wire. We are going to run it right in here to the bottom of our frame. 2:10 more

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Posted: 5/16/2011 4:38:51 AM

Hopkins 4 Pole to 6 Pole and 4 Pole Trailer Wiring Adapter Review - Video

Today on this 2008 Chevrolet Express we are going to install part number 37175 from Hopkins. What this is is a 4-pole to 6-pole and 4-pole adapter. It will install on the existing 4-pole that is on the vehicle and convert it. The first thing we are going to do is tidy up the wires. We are just going to use some electric tape to secure everything together. While we are at it, we will go ahead and show you the functions of the wires. First off we will cover the function of the wires. This is the 4-pole itself and this will plug in to the 4-pole that is already existing on the vehicle. The white wire is the ground and that will get connected to the frame. And then we have the red and blue wires. Traditionally, blue is for brakes. However, on this particular 6-pole, the blue wire is ran to the center pin. So a lot of times the outside pin is going to be for brakes. It just depends on how your trailer is wired up. The red wire here is typically used for a hot lead. However, this is run to the outside pin. So you can actually use either one of these for the hot lead for 12 volts or brake lead, depending on how your trailer is wired up. On this install, we are actually not going to be using these. We are just going to use the 6-pole for lights only. 1:09 more

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Posted: 4/22/2011 11:34:40 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Express Van - Video

Today on this 2007 Chevrolet Express Van we are going to install Hopkins wiring harness part number 31345. We are going to start the installation off inside the rear cargo area of the Express Van and the ports that we are going to be plugging the wiring harness into are located inside the van basically behind where the tail lights are on both the driver and passenger sides. Starting off over on the driver side with this large connecting port right here we are going to disconnect these two pieces and plug the harness in line and that will be the connection on the driver side. If you look on the top you can see there is a clip holding these two pieces together, push that tab in, pull away the bottom section. 00:45 more

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Posted: 2/25/2011 7:56:54 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2009 Chevrolet HHR - Video

Today on this 2009 Chevrolet HHR we are going to install part number 118407 from Tow Ready, their T-One wiring harness. The first thing we need to do is get behind the access panels, do that on both sides. Then remove the carpeting and the floor panel as well. Also remove the spare tire cover at the bottom. The center threshold part we will pop that loose, we just pull up from the bottom and gently tugged at it and it came right out. Now we will start working on our electric connections. 00:37 more

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Posted: 2/11/2011 9:33:26 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Chevrolet Uplander - Video

Today on this 2006 Chevrolet Uplander we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118396. The ports that we are going to be plugging our wiring harness into are located behind the tail light assemblies on both the driver and passenger sides of the vehicle. The first thing we are going to do is remove both of the tail light assemblies. To do that we need to remove the inboard side screws that you can see once you have lifted up your cargo door. With those screws removed if you gently rock the tail light assembly back and forth you should be able to release the outboard side clips as well. If you look on the back side of it you can see the port that we are going to be plugging our wiring harness into. To separate the two halves there is a little release button on the top side. You just want to press that in and pull it away from the tail light. 00:48 more

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Posted: 12/28/2010 2:08:44 PM

Wiring Harness Installation - 2003 Chevrolet S-10 - Video

Today on this 2003 Chevrolet S-10 we are going to install part number 118359 from Tow Ready. The T-One wire harness will install on the driver side frame rail at this connection point. We will disconnect it and install the T-Connector. These snap together. The last thing you have to deal with is the ground wire. Just use a self tapping screw and run it right through the bottom of the frame. Now we will take our wiring harness and route it over to our hitch. We will zip tie the wires to the license plate lights and that will keep it safely out of the way. We are already finished. There you have it for part number 118359 from Tow Ready. more

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Posted: 11/28/2010 8:39:12 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Express Van - Video

Today on this 2002 Chevrolet Express we are going to install part number 118377 from Tow Ready. This T connector actually connects on both sides of the vehicle behind the tail lights so we are going to have to get inside the vehicle to do our install. We will show you the first T connection we are going to make and we are going to start with the half with the red, yellow, and brown wire and the white wire and that is going to match up right here. There is a little tab that you have to push down and pull everything apart and the T connector fits in between. 00:33 more

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Posted: 10/8/2010 11:32:22 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2010 Chevrolet Equinox - Video

Today on this 2010 Chevrolet Equinox we are going to install part number 56094 from Curt. This is their T-connector wiring kit. The first step involved, open up the rear hatch and we are going to have to get to the rear tail lights. Right now we are looking at the driver side tail light and what is going to happen is we are going to take off these two covers here and these have fasteners behind it to disconnect the tail lights. We are going to do this on both sides of the vehicle. Be careful when you pop these off, they can be kind of fragile. These will just pull off. Now to disconnect our tail light we are going to disconnect its junction point right here. Push down on this tab right here and it should come right apart. Now we are going to go over to the passenger side and do the exact same thing. 00:50 more

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Posted: 7/7/2010 7:08:39 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1993 Chevrolet S-10 Pickup - Video

Today on this 1993 Chevrolet S-10 Pickup truck we are going to install part number 118312 from Tow Ready, their T-One wiring connector. On the driver side frame rail of the vehicle you will see a connection point for the electrical harness right here. What you need to do is take the harness and split it apart and insert the T-One. It snaps right back into place. Then the other half. Then we will take our ground wire and ground it to the bottom of the frame right here. We will take our 4-pole wiring harness and we will just run it along the factory wiring and out to our hitch ball on our bumper. Use a few zip ties to hold everything in place and we will be good to go. Get rid of the excess and with that our install is complete. There you have it for part number 118312 from Tow Ready. more

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Posted: 7/2/2010 11:24:09 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2003 Chevrolet Impala - Video

Today on this 2003 Chevrolet Impala we are going to be installing hard wiring kit 18252. The first thing we need to do is remove the driver side tail light. We are going to undo the tie down screw. Fold back the carpeting in the trunk and as you can see there is three more tail light screws that we are going to be removing and that will pop loose our tail light. Now that our tail light is removed we are going to unplug it and set it out of the way. As you can see these are the wires that we are going to be tapping into. Before we tap into our wires, take the 4-pole and run it down through the bumper and out the bottom. We are going to test our wires to see what function they are going to be. 00:45 more

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Posted: 6/9/2010 7:00:12 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1996 Chevrolet Lumina - Video

Today on this 1996 Chevrolet Lumina we are going to install part number 18252 kit. What we have to do is hard wire it on to the existing harness, it is not a plug in or anything like that. At least we can get to the wires pretty easily in the vehicle. Everything we need to get to is right behind this tail light. Undo the carpeting, get this knob out of our way first. Pull it back out of our way. This is the wire harness we can get at for everything we need. Peel the loom away. What we are going to do is turn on the running lights in the vehicle and find out what the functions are going to be. On our 4-pole wiring connector we need to find out what the running light circuit is. This brown wire is our running light circuit so brown to brown in this instance. Now work on the right turn signal. The right 4-pole harness is going to be green. Now we will do our left turn signal that is going to be yellow to yellow. 01:00 more

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Posted: 4/16/2010 4:19:58 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2005 Chevy Express Van - Video

Today on this 2005 Chevy Express cargo van, we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118392. Okay, we are inside the rear compartment of the cargo van here and we are going to go ahead and locate the ports for the wiring harness. As you can see, there is no interior in the cargo van. And directly behind the taillight here we have located our port that we are going to be plugging our wiring harness into. And that is going to be in the same location as the passenger side as well. So the first thing that we want to do is go ahead and separate the two pieces. We can do that by pressing the tab at the top. Then we will take our wiring harness and over here on the driver side we want the port that has the yellow and brown wires on them. We are going to go ahead and plug it in line. 0:45 more

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Posted: 4/13/2010 1:04:40 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2002 Chevrolet Impala - Video

Today on this 2002 Chevrolet Impala we are going to install part number 118002 from Tow Ready. This wiring harness is pretty easy to install because everything is going to be available to hook into on passenger side of the vehicle behind the carpet here. I have theses fasteners here just to make it a little easier to get the carpet down. All right and with this wiring harness right here we will go ahead and test each individual wire to find out its function and we will go ahead and make the appropriate connection. more

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Posted: 8/25/2009 11:09:50 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2004 Chevrolet Impala - Video

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 3:58:28 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Colorado - Video

Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 41165 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 merging 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 7:37:43 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Colorado - Video

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 cross member 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 9:34:42 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Chevy Impala - Video

Today we are going to install part number 118417 on a 2007 Chevy Impala. The connection point for the T1 wiring harness is behind the passenger side tail light assembly. Right behind the bumper here. To access this we will have to open up the trunk and remove some of the fasteners to get the tail assembly off. We need to gain access to the fasteners that are holding the tail light assembly on. In doing so we are going to need to remove this screw here, there is one on each side. That will allow us to remove this back flange here. It might be sort of hard to see but there are actually 3 fasteners holding the tail light assembly on. We need to take all 3 of these off. That will allow us to remove the tail light assembly. Then you just want to carefully pry away and you can see the tail light assembly removes fairly easily. more

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Posted: 8/8/2008 4:32:56 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 1997 Chevy Express Full Size Van - Video

Some of these vans have the plug in from the factory, some dont. Generally most conversion vans will have it back in the panel here. This van is a regular passenger used as a work van, but if you have the plastic around here chances are the plug is in here. What you need to do is take this off and the components behind it to get to the plug. This is the plug we need right here. What well do is plug into this and run it out the bottom and its designed to kept in the van. more

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Posted: 8/7/2008 8:28:17 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Chevy Uplander - Video

First well open up the rear door and start disassembling the tail lights and take them off the body. Well go ahead and take off one of the tail lights here. There are two torque bolts that need to be taken out and light pops off from the housing. Okay the lights are off so now its time to start installing the wire. What well do is push the four pole through the cavity between the bumper and the body and out the bottom plus the end for the passengers side too. Well leave the end for the drivers side tail light up in the air, well make the connections with the harness and the tail light. With the drivers side tail light re-installed, pull out all your slack on your line here, what well do next is thread it through behind these bumper brackets. Well go across all four of them, what well do is take some extra zip ties and tie it to that so they wont be dangling and in the way. Now that we have gotten to the other side of the vehicle, well take our T-1 connector passenger side end and push it up the pocket and pull it out the other side. Now well pull the harness out of the cavity and go ahead and make our connections. While were at it well take up a little bit of slack by using the zip tie to tie the wire to itself. While were her well install our ground wire. Now we re-install our passenger light. more

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Posted: 8/8/2008 4:29:39 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2004 Chevy Malibu - Video

Today we are going to install part number 118002 from Tow Ready. This is a 4 pole wiring flat which we will have to hard wire into this 2004 Chevy Malibu. The first step is to get access to the trunk and wiring harness. Generally most vehicles will have wires around both sides of the vehicle and underneath the carpet. Sometimes they run them all the way to one side and then to the other. So lets get started removing the interior to get to the wiring harness. Now that we found these wires we can use the light testers to find out which wires do what. more

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Posted: 12/30/2009 4:19:59 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Chevy Uplander - Video

Today on this 2006 Chevrolet Uplander we are going to install part number 118396, the t-one wiring harness from Tow Ready. We are also going to install part number 37185, the adapter 4-pole to 7 and 4-pole multi-tool connector. The first step that we are going to do is go ahead and open up the hatch of this vehicle and remove both taillights. Alright and this is our connection point right here. And we are going disconnect. Push down on this tab here and it comes apart. We are going to repeat the same process on the passenger side. Are next step is to take the t-one wiring harness and the 4-pole part. We are going to tuck it behind the bumper here. Have it out of the bottom so we can pull it over by the hitch. And then we are going to take our connection with the yellow and brown wires and we are going to install that on to the wire harness that comes out from the van. So let us go ahead and snap those two together. We are going to leave that be for now. And then our connection with the green wire, that is going to get routed on to the other side of the vehicle, on the passenger side. So we are just going to take this and just tuck it on down and pull it out the bottom too. With this, we are just going to go ahead and reinstall our taillight and hook up the taillight electrical to this connection right here and reinstall the whole taillight assembly back onto the vehicle. 1:13 more

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Posted: 4/20/2010 8:33:19 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2008 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 - Video

Today we are going to install part number PK11916 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 9:27:41 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2005 Chevrolet Corvette - Video

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 10:03:12 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2007 Chevrolet Silverado - Video

The 2007 Silverado body style as well as the 2008 styles have a place on the bumper where the plug can be mounted. We remove the cover here to give us the hole to mount the plug into place. Once weve removed the knockout from the bumper area well place the harness into position. Were going to have to drill holes out to mount this into place. You can use either a pen to mark the holes or a punch tool which is what Im going to use. Now we can move onto the drilling. Once we get the holes drilled, we want to mount the connector into place with the existing fasteners. Once we have the fasteners in we want to secure them with the nuts on the back side and tighten them down. Once weve mounted the plug onto the bumper area, we just need to make the connection up underneath the vehicle here. This is the back end of the connector we just installed, and this is the other side of the factory 7 peg connector. You just want to plug these together. This concludes the installation of wiring harness part # 30955 on a 2007 Chevy Silverado. more

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Posted: 8/8/2008 4:14:58 AM

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