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Old 09 May 2006 | 11:50 AM
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Default trailer / towbar wiring

someone must know but i guess no-one looks in the electrical section....

well ive got hold of a second hand towbar and wiring and ive fitted the towbar,

anyway now i need to sort the wiring out on my98 classic wagon turbo

am i right in there should be a factory fit connector somewhere in the boot to connect into ?

also does the relay for indicators need upgrading ?

and is there a tell tale light in the dash ? (im not really fussed about this as i wont be towing that often or any great distance)
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Hi rgv_stu, when it was on my car, I used the blue wire tap blocks to make connections, the type that you squeeze togethor, cant remember the correct name for them as I couldnt see a loom take off point. There was no tell tale on my dash board, but there was a buzzer in the wiring kit that acts as the tell tale.

Hope this helps.
Old 09 May 2006 | 01:51 PM
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aye cheers bruce, bar went on no probs mate
the blue things you refer to are scotchlocks and as nifty as they are , they are proper crap! having worked as an audio visual engineer on cars / buses you wouldnt believe how many problems have been caused by them things!

from what i gather there should be a connector somewhere that i can plug straight into according to the subaru wiring manual i have, i just havent had a chance to remove anything to look. worse case scenario is i cut, splice, solder and heatshrink it together but id rather use / makeup the proper connector if there is one.

Stu
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