In Bed Trailer Connector

[bzingre]

Thought I would ask if any of you have made or found a connector that "T"s into the existing 7 pin round wiring harness from the back (behind the bumper) side of the connector? I want to T into the harness there and run another plug up in the the bed for my gooseneck. What is available to me so I don't have to run the cord over my tailgate? Oo.

 

[TPCDrafting]

I took mine to where I bought my GN horse trailer. They would sell me the parts, but for $35 they included the parts and installed it in about 15 minutes. That you can't beat even with a big stick. It sure is nice having that in bed plug.

 

[Dean Upson]

I have the "plug in" Mopar part number 82207253. Costs around $75.



Dean

 

[CKimball]

. . i just ran my cord under the fiver suspended by short springs... plug it in to my rear plug at the bumper... doesnt rub on the gate and doesnt hang up any where. . I live on a tight culdesac and never had an issue... I did this mainly to keep the amount of connections/splicings to a minimum... less chance of an issue... . dont like the looks of the plug in the bed either... .

my two cents

Cameron

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

I just got done tapping in and soldering to the existing wiring harness. Now are you telling me their is an adapter to do this, couldn't find one when I was looking so I did in on my own. Either way it works.

 

[TPCDrafting]

I just looked under the truck and now remember they had the trailer plug with about 2' +/- of wire sticking out of it with a wire loom pre-setup. The wires were color matched with industry standard and pre-stripped. All they had to do was drill a hole in the side of the bed, snake the wires through and mount the plug. Then they crawled under and tapped the wires into the existing under bumper plug wires, then checked everything with a meter. I seriously considered doing it myself and wouldn't hesitate on the next truck. The plug has worked flawlessly since Aug. Mine is mounted near the rear of the bed, up about 5" off the floor. I don't have to reach over the bed rail nor crawl in to hook up the plug.

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

Not sure what pre stripped wire loom you are talking about. Mine has no such thing. Just the factory plugs that plugs into the factory 7 pin conector that is mounted into the bumper. I just tapped into the 8 wire where it goes into the factory connector. Yes that is right, their are 8 wires going to the 7 pin plug.

 

[TPCDrafting]

Sorry for my unclarity. The setup was something I believe these guys made up when they had nothing better to do. The new in-bed plug had wires hooked up to it, with about 2 feet of slack and a wire loom around them for neatness. The other ends of the wire were just stripped. They used wire taps to connect in to the wires behind the trailer plug from the factory. There is nothing plugged into the factory plug under the bumper when I'm using the in bed plug. Clear as mud?

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

That makes more sence yes. That is the same thing I did to mine. Look ender the truck and it looks just like it came that way from the factory.



How did they hook into the existing wires? Sounds like they may have just used the "scotch" lock type of piercing conectors. I have never had good luck with them up here in the land of snow and road salt. I stripped back the factory wires and then soldered my wire harness to it. Taped it all up good and put the plastice wire loom stuff over it that matches the factor stuff.

 

[Fireman]

bzingre,

If you get the harness that Dean mentioned allyou have to do is get a flat 4pin wiring harness that has 60" of wire with a connector on each end (avalable at any auto parts). Mount the socket to the bed, plug the 4pin plug into the 4pin socet on the new harness then plug the other end into the existing 4pin connector on the truck. That takes care of the brake lights, tail lights, and turn signals. Then all you have to do is run the hot wire to the battery and the brake wire into the cab.

I am sure that this is as clear as mud, if you are interested PM me your phone# and I'll call and explain it better.

Fireman

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

Originally posted by Fireman

bzingre,



If you get the harness that Dean mentioned allyou have to do is get a flat 4pin wiring harness that has 60" of wire with a connector on each end (avalable at any auto parts). Mount the socket to the bed, plug the 4pin plug into the 4pin socet on the new harness then plug the other end into the existing 4pin connector on the truck. That takes care of the brake lights, tail lights, and turn signals. Then all you have to do is run the hot wire to the battery and the brake wire into the cab.



I am sure that this is as clear as mud, if you are interested PM me your phone# and I'll call and explain it better.



Fireman

I thought about doing that also, but then figured if I have to mess around with 3 out of the 7 wires any way, I might just as well solder them all and keep the factory 4 plug open.

 

[bzingre]

Thanks

Thanks for all your input. I had thought about the flat 4 adapter and just hard wiring the other 3 wires; also, soldering all the wires into the existing harness. I just didn't know whether or not there was a quicker way using the existing plug in the back of the 7 in connector that goes through the bumper. I will probably end up soldering 7 wires?

 

[Mopar_Mudder]

I figure that now that I have done it, next week someone will come out with a "T" that you can put inbetween the where the wire harness plug into the back of the 7 plug hook up :-{}



That is the way that stuff normally goes it seems.

 

[bkaiser]

I used the 'extra' 4 pin connector, ran wiring forward and installed a 6 pin connector in the left bed wall. I ran wiring from an add on fuse box back to the new connector and put a relay in line for the camper marker lights to keep the load down on the OEM circuit. This all took a few hours, but it should last the 10 or 12 years that I will probably have the truck.

 

[sdbelt]

In case this comes up again, I have wiring color definitions, and description of how I did this on my trucks web site.