Factory towbar wiring packed up

[goltho]

Yet another one step backwards whilst taking two forwards.

I removed the factory-fitted (ugly) towbar crossmember in favour of a Witter swan-neck detachable one which I've had for some time. It went well and it looks so much better, plus I don't crack my shins any more at the tailgate.

The car's wired with the black and grey sockets but as I won't ever be using the grey one, I cut that and individually insulated the seven ends before double-insulating them all & cable-tying them to the crossmember behind the bumper. I also severed the black cable from the old socket and wired it back into a new one on the Witter bar. I carefully checked that everything was functioning correctly using a trailer socket connector before starting the job, and it was. After wiring the new socket, I checked again and nothing was working. There is no power getting to any relevant socket pin but the earth pin works.

The wiring comes out of the left-side chassis leg and appears to be properly wired elsewhere other than the usual rear corners (don't know where though). The car was sleeping when I cut both cables and worked on the socket, but might I have caused an issue?

Dougie.