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[75lpg]

Hi , i bought a rover 75 Tourer a little while ago to tow a caravan , i have bought and fitted a secondhand tow bar ,,, but now comes the wireing . i have wired older cars brfore where you just splice into the wires at back of car , but i noe reolise this canot be done with the 75...... the brakers i bought towbar from have suplied me with no less than 3 wiring looms with plugs !! but i dont know if any are ment for my car .
one has what i think is a reylay with a buzzer on it looks like a small circuit board with a round plastic buzzer on it (i will try and atach pic later ) but i have no idea how or where to wire it . can any one help ?? many thanks Mike .

[reworht]

You can splice in at the back - but you won't get the benefit of the car's inbuilt "caravan indicator bulb failure warning" on the instrument display - you'll only get that with the pukka Rover wiring loom. However, the spliced in version does have a warning buzzer to do the same job - but it can be hard to hear inside the car
Your best answer might be to nip in and see Hadrian Caravans at Thornaby Place - they've set 3 of my cars (including the Rover) up for towing, including towbar and electrics and they do know what they're doing.

[75lpg]

ok so they do wiring there how much they charge you ,,, so are you local to stockton thornaby area ?? thanks Mike .

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Originally Posted by 75lpg

ok so they do wiring there how much they charge you ,,, so are you local to stockton thornaby area ?? thanks Mike .

I'm not sure what they would charge for wiring only - I've always had it done at the same time as having a towbar fitted. They've been there for about 45 years, so they must be doing it more or less right.
I'm up the road and over the other side of the Eston Hills in Guisborough

[75lpg]

Thanks ,, i rang them £75 for single wiring .... i know guisbourugh well my mother lived there for 25 years , kind regards Mike .

[75lpg]

Hi , i have booked rover in for Thursday , when they did yr rover did you get a buzzer or was it wired into dash so you got warning light for bulb failure ?? many thanks Mike .

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Originally Posted by 75lpg

Hi , i have booked rover in for Thursday , when they did yr rover did you get a buzzer or was it wired into dash so you got warning light for bulb failure ?? many thanks Mike .

Hi Mike - I had the buzzer in the boot version - the wiring loom to activate the bulb failure light on the dash is quite a lot more expensive. Ask them to mount the buzzer as near as possible to the front of the boot, and tight under the parcel shelf - it helps you to hear it in the front seat. If you still have difficulties hearing it, let me know - I can dig out details of an auxiliary buzzer and the wiring instructions - costs next to nowt and can be fitted in a few minutes!
HTH Rod

[75lpg]

ok thanks

[RPWC]

I'm on holiday atm , could have pm'd you the car wiring code and the towing electric code if I was at home. At least you are getting it sorted,I have bought stuff from Hadrian before when I had problems, as I was staying at WW Park at the time.