Today on this 2009 Ford Escape, we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118430. We are at the rear of the vehicle with the rear cargo door open. The connection points for our wiring harness are going to be located directly behind the tail light assemblies on both sides. So we are going to start by removing both tail light assemblies. We can do that by removing the two Phillips head screws on the inboard side. We are going to gently pry back the the tail light assembly until the two outboard clips release. And with the tail light removed you can see the main black plug here on the back. That is the part we are going to be hooking our harness into. more
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Posted: 8/13/2009 1:03:12 PM
Today on this 2009 Ford Edge we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 118430. We are at the rear cargo area of the vehicle here. And we are going to go ahead and point out the mounting locations for our T- Connector. The connecting points are located directly behind the tail light assemblies. But to gain access to those we are actually going to be routing the wire from the interior, out through the grommet behind the tail light and then making our connections. So to get started we want to go ahead and disassemble the rear cargo area so that we have room to route our wires across. See I have already removed the cargo cover here. Okay then we also want to remove the rear threshold piece here and you can do that by just gently prying up on it to release the tabs that are holding it in. And that is going to allow us to pull back the interior panels here on each side. We want to remove the screw here at the end. We are going to do the same thing on the passenger side. more
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Posted: 8/13/2009 12:33:46 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118366 from Tow Ready on a 2000 Ford Windstar. To get started, what we want to do is go ahead and lift up the tailgate and start taking off the passengers side tail light. Okay, the connection points are going to be on the gray connector here and the black connector. The gray one is for the reverse light lead, and we will have nothing to do with that. We have got a lot of wires to hook up, so we are going to do it one step at a time. First off, we have got our 4-pole here, which will get run through the grommet to the inside and be stored by the jack storage compartment when we are not using it. But for now we are just going to go ahead and just tuck it down in the cavity here, just to get it out of our way. Next, this is the yellow wire this is what goes over to the drivers side of the vehicle. more
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Posted: 8/3/2009 1:57:46 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118343 from Tow Ready, and we are going to install this T-1 connector on a 2003 Ford Escape. First we will show you where the tail light connections are going to be. The connections are actually going to be physically on the back side of the tail light itself, and you are going to have to make connections on both sides of the vehicle. And what happens is that the wire harness is going to below a tail light, underneath the bumper, and out to the center of the hitch. So let us go ahead and get started. more
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Posted: 7/27/2009 8:40:09 AM
Today we are going to be installing tail light converter part number 119175 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 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 on this 2008 Ford Taurus X, we will be installing wiring harness part number 118448. We are inside the rear hatch of the Taurus. The connection points for our harness are going to be both on the drivers and passengers sides. Directly behind these panels. So we will start by removing this piece first. As you can see here at the bottom, we have got two push pin connectors here that we will need to remove first. We can kind of flip up the cargo hooks here. We should be able to gently rock this back and forth and we are going to try to release these clips here on the top side. It pops right off there. We also need to remove from each interior panel the two tie down hooks here for our cargo net. So we just want to get in there, and we can use a flathead screwdriver or pry tool and pry that back and you will hear the clips release. more
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Posted: 9/16/2009 11:30:16 AM
Today we are going to be installing wiring harness part number 30130 for a 2006 Ford Escape. The attachment points for the wiring harness are going to be located behind the taillight assemblies, so the first thing we are going to do is to remove the taillight assemblies from the vehicle. That is going to require removing the two screws here on the inboard side. You want to be careful when removing the taillight assembly to make sure you do not break any of the locking tabs that are inside. You want to go ahead and do that on both sides of the vehicle. more
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Posted: 11/5/2008 3:30:21 PM
Today we are going to install part number 118316 from Tow Ready, and this is a T-1 connector we are going to install on a 1994 Ford pickup. This is the point in the harness that we need to split apart and attach our T connector. It is right behind the bumper on the drivers side. There is a little button you push down. It is kind of hard to see on the end. You push it down and it comes apart. And you just reinstall the T connector in the middle of it and then make sure you clip it back together. And it might be a good idea to go ahead and use a zip tie to tie it off somewhere, and that is pretty much all there is to it. Just route your 4-pole wire where you want it along the frame and out by the hitch. Just zip tie it to secure it to the frame and keep it from bouncing around. Then we can route our wire out to the hitch. We will just put it by the chain loop here. more
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Posted: 9/29/2008 11:29:44 AM
What we have here is a 4 pole flat car end, 16 inches long and includes 4 wiring caps. This is going to be installed on a 2005 Ford Mustang. We need to get the access to the wiring. So the first thing we need to do is take out this bottom tray or carpeting here. You have to take off this back panel here to get access to the wiring. Once that is out of the way we can start taking these fasteners off this back panel here and then take it off to get to the wiring. This is the wiring harness that is actually going to the tail light lens. So what we need to do is strip away our wires here so we can figure out which wire is our turn signal or running light. Since we have to hardwire this, we have to test to see what wire does what. So basically we will just use our ground tester to the existing ground on the body. more
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Posted: 8/8/2008 8:52:27 AM
Theres no market product that will plug into the factory tow harness, so well have to make our own and splice into it. The tow harness is about two or three feet on the frame rail on the drivers side so what well do is take this and extend it down out to the frame rail to match up to it. Today were only going to worry about four pole end, were not going to install the brakes or the hot lead. Were going to install this on the factory ground on the frame more
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Posted: 8/8/2008 9:31:25 AM
Today we are going to install part number 118241 from Tow Ready on our 1996 Ford Explorer. This one has a tow package on the vehicle and we will show you how to identify it. On our 1996 model here we have the actual tow package is located right here. It is pretty handy it basically plugs in and you are ready to go. However some other models it could be under one of the tail lights. It should be on either the left or right side. On those models they usually have the plug sometimes on both sides. One of them is active and one of them is not. This is about here sometimes you will find this plug also it could be here or it could be on the driver side. Simply plug it in then route the harness the way you want on the way to the opposite side. We will use zip ties to hold everything in place. There you have it for part number 118241 from Tow Ready. Install on our 1996 Ford Explorer. more
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Posted: 8/8/2008 8:55:33 AM
Today we are going to install part number 40455 from Hoppe. We are going to install this on a 2005 Ford Escape. This particular vehicle has a tow package. Not all vehicles come with a tow package but this one does so we will show you what to look for if yours does. To find the Tow Package port it is on this bracket facing the inside of the bumper. It is a pain to see so you have to kinda feel around for it while looking for it. You pull it loose then remove this little cap here. Then our part comes with a little bit of dielectric grease. Go ahead and squirt some of that on the plug. It will not take much just put a little bit on. Then you can press it back together. Then the rest of this will go out to your hitch. At that point take your excess wire and zip tie it to whatever you can behind the bumper. Leave what you need out for your trailer hitch. I like to leave it right by the chain here and zip tie it behind this bracket here. That way if you ever need excess it will be easy to get too. more
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Posted: 8/8/2008 9:07:04 AM
We are going to install this on a 2005 Ford Escape. To begin your install take off the tail lights. First thing we do is open the tailgate and take off the screws that hold the tail light in. Go ahead and leave this loose for now. Then go ahead and do the same to the other side. Have the t-connectorer ready. Begin our install on a t-connector. Basically start with the left turn signal, you can tell by the lense. Go ahead and take of the socket that holds it in place. Pop that out, there is a little bit of mosture in there. So it is a good idea to go ahead and put a little diaelectric grease in there. Once you added some diaelectrice grease in there. Go ahead and snap your t-one connector into the slot. Make sure you are going the right way and snap it into place, making sure it clicks. Push the other half back to the taillight houseing. Do the samething for the top here for your running light and stoplight circuit. That is this lense here. We allready got them lose.And then we need to install your ground screw securely to the vehicle frame. more
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Posted: 8/7/2008 11:07:43 PM
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