Hopkins Trailer Wiring Adapter Installation - 2014 GMC Acadia Video

If you have a working 4 pin trailer connector and a boat trailer with surge brakes, then you will not need a 4-pin wiring harness. If your trailers 5-pin connector is the flat style you can use the 4 Pole to 5 Pole Trailer Wiring Adapter, part…

To trickle charge the battery on your vehicle you will need to use a #37185 to convert the 4-way on your tow vehicle to a 7-way. You will need to route the purple wire of this 7-way to the positive side of your battery on your tow vehicle through a…

Some 5-Pole flat connectors use a total of 6 wires. They operate as follows: Blue - trailer brakes Green - right hand brake and turn signals Yellow - left hand brake and turn signals Brown/Green - right hand running lights Brown/Yellow - left hand…

I have exactly what you will need for your 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited to tow your Vintage Airstream with brakes. The first thing you will want is a 7-way trailer connector at the rear of the vehicle and for this I recommend the Hopkins Endurance…

Yes, it is! Honda and other manufacture's like to leave the fuses out of new vehicles that do not come with a functional towing package to save on costs. You can verify if you're missing the fuses by checking your fuse box but I am pretty…

Typically the blue wire on a 5-way connector is for reverse lights. If you do not need the reverse lights you can actually just plug the 4-way connector directly into the 5-way connector. If you need the reverse lights to work you will need a 4-way…

It sounds like you are needing the Adapter 4-Pole to 5-Pole Trailer Wiring Adapter #47515 to connect from a 4-way flat connector on your vehicle to a trailer with a 5-way flat connector.

To determine the rise or drop needed, jack up the trailer so that the frame is level to the ground. Measure from the bottom of the coupler to the ground. Then, measure from the top of the receiver opening on the trailer hitch to the ground. The…

The reverse lockout solenoids stop brake fluid from being released from the master cylinder and sent to the wheel cylinder. It does this by receiving an electric signal, usually from the reverse light circuit. That said, if you were to wire this into…

You could get the Demco lockout solenoid #DM5404 to fit the UFP coupler. But as far as whether or not it is the right type of solenoid is what you need to look at. This one is designed to route brake fluid back into the master cylinder via a second…

This likely means your hydraulic brake actuator does not have a reverse lockout. Reversing the trailer up an incline compresses the actuator and activates the brakes. Adding a lockout allows you to backup without actuating the brakes. We have the…

If you wanted to install an electric reverse lockout on the DA10 Demco actuator part #DM8102222 you would want the part #DM11993. This is confirmed to fit DA10 actuators like this. When this solenoid has power on it would prevent hydraulic pressure…