Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2011 Ford Van- Video

Today, on our 2011 Ford Van, we're going to be taking a look at the tow-ready four pole to seven pole vehicle end adapter, part number 30717. This is what our adapter looks like fully installed, and as you can see it has a nice cover to keep any dirt and debris or moisture out of the plug. As you can see, back here we have our four pole. We have a white ground wire, and then we have three separate wires that have butt connectors on them. On our application, we're not going to be using them, but the blue wire typically goes to your brake controller, the black wire is going to go to a 12-volt power supply, and the yellow wire typically goes into your reverse light socket. Now, to finish up our installation, to get everything all nice and tucked away, we're going to be using this long no-drill bracket, and you can pick one up using part number 18136, as well as this mounting bracket for a seven-way style plug, and this works with the universal mounting as well as the OEM style, and you can pick one up using part number TM76474. Now, the bracket is going to come with all the mounting hardware. Your seven-way is going to sit in here, and as you can see the oblong holes give you enough room so that they're securely mounted. more

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2/24/2017 10:42:24 AM

Tekonsha 4-Pole Vehicle End Installation - 2011 Ford Van- Video

Today on our 2011 Ford van, we're going to be taking a look at the Tekonsha Vehicle End 4-pole Connector, part number 118001. Now this is what the kit is going to consist of. You're going to have a 4-pole flat vehicle end, and the cable is 48" long, as well as you're going to get four wire taps. But on our installation, we're going to be replacing them with heat shrink butt connectors, and you can pick those up using part number DW05744-5. Here's going to be our vehicle end of the 4-pole. Now, like a lot of applications, after time, rust and corrosion will start to build up, and it's not going to make a good connection, so we're going to go and install our new kit. Let's go ahead and show you how we get it installed. more

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2/24/2017 10:42:06 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2014 Ford Van 18172- Video

Today on a 2014 Ford E350 van we're going to review and install the Draw-Tite 4-pole 72-inch Long Vehicle End wire harness, part number 18172. This is what a wire harness looks like when it's installed in a typical application: simple 4-pole flap right here that will work with any small trailer that's out there. This also provides a great base if you want to upgrade this from a 4-pole off to a 6 or 7-pole connector when you use a bigger trailer that requires extra circuits. Let's go ahead and take a quick look at it. Very simple. This is an industry standard 4-pole flap. This is our wires here, 18 gauge material. more

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12/8/2016 2:27:54 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2009 Ford Van- Video

Today on our 2009 Ford E-350 Econoline van, we will be taking a look at and installing the Hopkins 4-pole adapter for 7-pole and 4-pole connection, Part Number 37185. Now we will go ahead and test out our wiring. To do so, we will remove the cover on the 4-pole. Since the 4-pole and the 7-pole are running on the same circuit, we will connect our ground to the ground, and then we will test out our wires. I am going to go ahead and test out our running wire first, which is going to be our brown wire or bottom circuit. Now we are going to go ahead and test out our turn signal, which is going to be that yellow wire or middle circuit, and our right turn signal, which is going to be that green wire. Now let's go ahead and test out our brake lights, which should give us a solid on both those top two. more

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12/14/2015 3:05:25 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2006 Ford Van- Video

Today, on our 2006 Ford van, we'll be installing the Hopkins wiring harness, with four pole flat trailer connector. Part number HM48035. Now, our van is equipped with factory wiring, where you could plug in a plug that has a four pole on it, but it's only available through Ford. Instead of doing that, we're going to go ahead, cut the end of that connector off, and hard wire our four pole flat trailer connector. Since we're going into the factory wiring harness, it will be protected by the factory fuses. Not that you're underneath our van, we'll go just in front of our spare tire, up here on the frame rail. You see there will be four wires here and a plug that's just going in to a holder here on the frame. Pull and unplug that, and that'll be our four pole wiring. more

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4/17/2015 8:55:27 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2013 Ford Van- Video

Today on this 2013 Ford van were going to install part number 37185 from Hopkins. Just the adaptor four-pole to seven-pole and four-pole. Now to help us install this part were also going to use another bracket, part number 18136, no drill not in bracket, long version.Were going to use this bracket to mount our seven-pole connector to our hitch. Well do a quick test fit and you can see how the bracket will sit at a angle instead of straight back from the truck. Well go ahead and modify ours to make ours straight back.Okay, now on the short edge Ill grab the top of the hitch were actually going to make a mark. Well go ahead and make a mark half inch to five inaudible 00:43 half over. more

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7/2/2014 7:25:27 PM

Hopkins Quick Fix 4 Pole Flat Car and Trailer Ends Installation - 2002 Ford Van- Video

All right, today on this 2002 Ford van E350, we're going to install part number 48195 from Hopkins. This is the Quick Fix 4 Pole Flat Car and Trailer Ends. All right, this is our parts right here. Now this end is for the van. This end would be saved for a trailer eventually. We'll set these parts to the side. Now here's our factory 4 pole connector. more

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3/14/2014 10:44:28 AM

Trailer Wiring Harness Installation - 2005 Ford Van- Video

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12/19/2012 2:29:25 PM

Trailer Wiring Harness Adapter Installation - 2011 Ford E-350 Van- Video

Today on this 2011 Ford Van, we're going to install part number 37185. This is the 4-Pole and 7-Pole Adapters. This adapter also has the 4-pole located on the side of the socket. We're also going to use part number 18136, the Universal Mounting Bracket to attach it to the hitch. To start off our install, we're going to take the mounting bracket and clamp it to the hitch and then we'll take the 7-pole bracket that comes with the wiring adapter. We'll attach it to that. more

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7/11/2012 11:24:19 PM

Trailer Brake Controller Installation - 2004 Ford E-450- Video

Alright today on this 2004 Ford E450 thats an RV, were going to install a brake controller part number 90915. We will be using an adapter cord 3035-P, and on the back of the vehicle well be using 4 pole to 7 pole adapter part number 37185, and also a bracket to hold everything together 118140, and with these parts well fill in the gaps that are missing on part of this tow package. Okay we are going to start off by working on the rear of the RV and working our way forward. What we are going to do is actually remove the 5 pole connector that is located on the hitch right now. Were going to disconnect that and add a new connector to the back of the vehicle, and that part number will be adapter part number 37185, and we will also be using an adapter bracket part number 118140, and we will start with that part. This is the adapter bracket; we are going to mount to the bottom by clamp to hold it in place. more

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11/4/2011 5:59:06 PM

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