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How To Install a 7-Way Trailer Connector On a 1999 Dodge Dakota  

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I would like to install a 7 pin wiring set-up on my truck. There is what I believe to be an existing socket factory installed for a 7 pin wired connection socket for a trailer on my truck. It has not been used to my knowledge. It is corroded. Can I clip this off and hard wire the ?pig-tail? for the 7 pin socket for the trailer lights brakes, etc.?

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Yes, assuming that plug you have found does indeed contain the trailer brake and battery charge circuits you can clip this off and then hardwire in a 7-way for which I recommend using the Hopkins Endurance Quick-Install 7-Way Trailer Connector with Universal Pigtail Harness part # HM47210. I can't tell you what color wires go where though so you will need to test this yourself.

In order to complete your towing setup you will need a brake controller, the Brake EVN # TK63VR with the Tekonsha Plug-In Wiring Adapter for Electric Brake Controllers part # 3020-P and a trailer hitch, the Curt Trailer Hitch Receiver part # C13145 are what I recommend.

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