Towequipe towbar wiring help!

[jondonwar]

Hi all does anybody know where to get a proper electrics wiring loom to fit a 2004 saloon conny se ,i was thinking of getting a tow bar and electrics kit with a relay from towequipe is this the best place to buy from, does rover sell the correct part ? regards jondonwar

[jondonwar]

can you trll me the price the mgr tow kit was and what you acually get for your money cheers

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by jondonwar

Hi all does anybody know where to get a proper electrics wiring loom to fit a 2004 saloon conny se ,i was thinking of getting a tow bar and electrics kit with a relay from towequipe is this the best place to buy from, does rover sell the correct part ? regards jondonwar

Buy a pukka kit for the basic socket from Towsure, they were around £140. Do not buy what they suggest is the pukka supplementary socket from them, it is actually nothing more than a poor partial kit, using a basic relay rather than the more expensive voltage sensing relay. Just buy one from a parts outlet for half of the price.

The £140 includes the can-bus module, the cables to the socket, socket, the extra crimp pin to plug into the LSM - and maybe the long wires to the front of the car(?).

[JonMs]

The Towequipe kit consists of a BMW/seimens module which looks OEM and a wiring loom which is not. It might actually be a really good kit in that everything is included and you don't need an additional link kit, but I don't know yet. I've left it in the hands of the Towequipe technical department who will hopefully get back to me.
The wiring loom has wires which scotchlock to the rear lamps, some earth connections, A plug for the control module, a wire to the lighting module and a thick, black wire labeled with "30+" on the instructions which (on the BMW) go to a connector behind the glovebox fusebox. I assume this in the live feed to the control module. If it is what is the best way to connect it. I have found the Orange/slate wire, can I solder it to that or is there a better method (presumably it needs a fuse)?

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by JonMs

and a thick, black wire labeled with "30+" on the instructions which (on the BMW) go to a connector behind the glovebox fusebox. I assume this in the live feed to the control module. If it is what is the best way to connect it. I have found the Orange/slate wire, can I solder it to that or is there a better method (presumably it needs a fuse)?

Yes, you can solder to it, but it may not be connected at the under bonnet fuse panel. I cannot remember whether a fuse was essential or not, but one was added as a neat means to joint the cable anyway.

[JonMs]

Hmmm. The wire is not connected to the engine fuse box either. Looks like I might need a link kit. Or.......could I just use a piggyback fuse to connect to an existing fuse in the passenger fuse box?

[HarryM1BYT]

Originally Posted by JonMs

Hmmm. The wire is not connected to the engine fuse box either. Looks like I might need a link kit. Or.......could I just use a piggyback fuse to connect to an existing fuse in the passenger fuse box?

No, it needs a high level of current, so it does need to connect at the main fuse board. The fuse panel just unbolts and one side can be lifted to allow you to find that wire and connect it. I cannot now remember what I did to connect it, so it cannot have been too difficult. Maybe it was just a matter of plugging the spade onto a terminal?

[JonMs]

That's a shame. It looks like I will have to buy the link kit because this has the plugs that I will need to connect the orange/slate wire to the fuseboxes. On my car they don't have plugs attached.
Thanks for your help with this Harry.

[Trophy Blue Tourer]

From memory !! then is a purple or pink plastic plug supplied in one of the OME wiring kits that you need for this fit!

You lift up the engine bay fuse box and find the heavy orange/green(?) wire tucked into the harness that conects to the underneath of the F/Box (its folded back into the harness and has a small plastic bag over it!!) this fits into the plug supplied with the kit and then the plug is fitted to IIRC !! the frontmost position in the F/B !! - it will only fit in one place and you can remove the others to get best access as they will only go back one way so you cant muddle them up!!

HTH??

Andy

Edit!! Ahh yes orange/slate wire thats the one!!

[JonMs]

Thanks again!