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As said it is a 7 pin flat trailer socket. However the bit underneath the pins is actually a flap that should be closed over the pins. It must have lost its spring.

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Originally Posted by Utemad

As said it is a 7 pin flat trailer socket. However the bit underneath the pins is actually a flap that should be closed over the pins. It must have lost its spring.

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The spring is there - it's just not very effective having been caked in mud and got a bit rusty.

The cap is normally closed. Yesterday was te fist time I'd ever opened it.

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Originally Posted by barney

yeah, most of NSW has gone away from the 6 and 7 pin round plugs for trailors and are fitting that flat type as standard on new towbars.
victoria tends to go for those massive, round, cast aluminium jobbies as standard. dunno why!

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Because that is the Aussie Standard.
NSW, just seems to like to use the European trailer plug, to annoy the rest of us.

hey don't start on me pal! i don't make the rules, i am just one of the poor ba$tards that has to live by the rules set down by the Carr-Iemma regime and this is probably just a small part of it.
and to make matters worse, the stupid c___s that live in this f_____d up state voted the f______w__c____b___)*&!@#$%^&*() back in......................but hey, i'm not bitter!:o

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Originally Posted by shorty943

Because that is the Aussie Standard.
NSW, just seems to like to use the European trailer plug, to annoy the rest of us.

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Actually, a brief foray into the world of Google reveals that both plugs are Australian Standards.

John