trailer plug

[crawal]

We have just got big red (2008 D3 ) and the previous owner has fitted autilux plug - and have removed both factory fit plugs,so i bought an adapator as a short term fix.
Big red has been fitted with a dual tire Kaymar bar and long rage tank so access is a bit limited .
I have no electric brake or tail light at the plug , i have checked the rear fuse any other ideas ?
PS cant get the permagrin off..:D

[Basil135]

It should be a simple case of swapping out the old, for the new.

Any chance you could put up a photo of the offending plug (socket?)

[crawal]

this is the offending unit , after long looks I have booked it into the auto elec for him to check over along with the dual battery set up

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sorry will try to do photos in the next days

[Basil135]

Ahhh ok.

So, it appears he has swapped out the large round, for a small round.

In theory, it should be a simple swap over. An alternative is an adaptor.

Your auto sparky will be able to sort that out for you. ;)

[sniegy]

Cawal,
An easy fix to get back your original plugs, would be to ring Triumph Rovers Spares & get them to send you a plug or plugs depending on what you need. The plug screws into the chassis at the rear & plugs into the supply under the L/H rear tail light assembly.
Than can be your starting point to get back to normality.

Does the vehicle have trailer brakes fitted?
I personally would start from scratch. (p.s there is a write up of how to fit trailer brakes in this forum for a D3 specific-dont use the D4 one)

Any questions feel free to ask.

Cheers

[crawal]

Thanks Sniegy, big red is having a sleep over at the auto elec's to get fixed
just going to replaced the smaller plug for a normal 7 pin as the other side has the Anderson plug fitted .Get all the plugs checked over to make sure of no surprise some where down the road.
Alas not a traxide kit ,doesn't look that neat so main reason to get it checked out now .