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10/8/2010 at 5:10pm
Location: Lancashire Outfit: Nissan X-Trail & Bailey Ranger
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Had a bit of "brainwave" at the weekend and decided to change the rather heavily corroded metal plate that secures the 12N & S sockets to the towbar. I should have realised that the sockets would be just as corroded. I had to drill out the screws that hold the sockets to the plate, then virtually smash the sockets themselves to get at the screws that secure the wires.
Once I'd got that far, all I had to do was undo the rusty electrical screws ... and that's when the screwdriver slipped and went straight into the palm of my hand!
The upshot was that yesterday I decided to abandon finishing the job myself and took the car to a professional, who fitted new sockets, a new fixing plate, a new bumper protector plate and charged me just £35 for the whole lot. As Halfords wanted upwards of £9 per socket, that's a bargain, especially as when on testing the 12S it turned out that the live feed for the fridge wasn't working, and probably hadn't been working for a long time, as the original fitter hadn't fused it!
So, the moral is - DIY is a pain, and getting your towing rig tested regularly is a really good idea.
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12/8/2010 at 7:13am
Location: west midlands Outfit: Buccaneer Caravel & Toyota Amazon
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Quote: Originally posted by angvad on 11/8/2010
Hi
just had a new 13 pin socket fitted to car plugged up to caravan and the fridge wont work wondered if you might have the wiring order for the caravan plug in case i have made a mistake
many thanks
http://www.western-towing.co.uk/acatalog/Caravan_13pin_Wiring_Diagram.html
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