Thread: Trailer wiring on PUMA. Special loom plug available?

Originally Posted by TimNZ

I could never find one, I just cut the plug off and soldered/heat shrinked/ spliced the trailer plug loom in.

(The dealership did my current 110, and to be honest I'm too scared to look).

Dealers did both my defenders and did a bodge job and ignored the plugs. Plugs must be more expensive than the labour

Originally Posted by Trout

Dealers did both my defenders and did a bodge job and ignored the plugs. Plugs must be more expensive than the labour

For the record, mine did the same - and a poor bodge at that

Dealers are largely hopeless...

Originally Posted by Trout

Dealers did both my defenders and did a bodge job and ignored the plugs. Plugs must be more expensive than the labour

I think I paid $10 including postage for a second hand trailer plug from a D2. Plugged straight in, easy as. I was told at the time that only Euro spec D2's came with the trailer plug lead, but not sure if that's correct so be worth checking any D2s in any dismantlers.

Land Rover make a wiring harness part number RO-LR005920 description N Type-Towing. The plug on my 130 Puma, right side above fuel tank behind filler, was in a plastic cover. The kit just plugs straight in and has a large 7 pin trailer plug ready to go. It`s well sealed and worth time you save, about $200, might get it cheaper else where. Hope that helps.

Hi all, this is a copy of my post on another thread , but no answers there.

I have been researching tow bar and trailer plugs here for a few nights now and purchased the RAA608 tow hitch and LR005920 yesterday for my new Defender 110.

I've been scratching my head all day looking at this LR005920 wiring kit and can't work out where to cut in the trailer brake controller.

Trailer Wiring Diagrams @ ExplorOz Articles

suggests

• Pin 1 - Yellow - Left-hand turn indicator
• Pin 2 - Black - Reversing signal
• Pin 3 - White - Earth return
• Pin 4 - Green - Right-hand turn indicator
• Pin 5 - Blue - Service brakes
• Pin 6 - Red - Stop lamps
• Pin 7 - Brown - Rear lamps, clearance and side marker lamps

But pin 5 seems to go back through the plug into the vehicle. Could there be a plug up at the drivers position to wire in the brake controller?

Advice appreciated.

Thanks

Geoff

Sorry Geoff, cant help specifically with which wire goes where.
For me I used a loom from my old D2. This allows you to just plug it in, and its done, as the plug comes "pre-wired", so no guess work.
Maybe if you have no joy here, you could go to a Auto Eleccy and he will wire the plug for you, or give you the colour codes for it. You can get it off the net too. I've found it before, but I'm not sure how I found it.
As for breaking into the cars main loom, if you cant find the colours to do it, if you get a test light, you can check them all and work it out. May take a while, and you'll need someone to push pedals etc, but it'll work.

following on from the above notes I have got a defender 90 2013 I have from Landybitz the wiring loom for easy connection But I am also baffled as to where to wire in a towpro elite trailer brake into the & pin outlet Any help would be gratefully recd. as we should be on the road pretty soon Cheers in advance john

You need to run the wiring for the brake controller, there is no plug and play like there is for the lights. There is a part number for the loom and plug and I got mine from the UK but you need to run a supply, earth, brake wire and sense to the brake controller. There areva few threads on here.
Regards,
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