Irishrover
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Going to fit a towbar to my '02. TD4.
As I had the rear r.h. window trim and r.h. loadspace side trim removed to do another job, I thought I would suss out the connection for the towbar I have ordered. I will be fitting both 12n & 12S sockets. I have the caravan charge/fridge relay sited and a separate 4mm feed from the battery (Fused of course) pulled through. I have looked on RAVE electrical section for the "Towing Pick up connector" (C0499) pinouts only to find that it is not listed.
I also printed off the towbar fitting instructions from RAVE and it shows the connector located in the loadspace, r.h. side. However there is no sign of it. There is a bunch of cables disappearing through the grommet, and having a look underneath, they appear to go to the r.h. bumper light assembly, but no spare connector can be seen...am I missing something ???
Another related question-do I have to pick up an "Ignition live" from the passenger fusebox or is there anywhere in the loadspace that I can tap off ? I need this to energise the battery charge/fridge relay coil.
The car has never had a towbar fitted previously as the towing eye is still there, and looking at the state of it, it's been there since the car was built.
If the worst comes to the worst, I will just splice into the lighting cables the old way-solder joints and heatshrink, I will have to do that anyway as there is no connector shown on RAVE for a pick up.
Going to fit a towbar to my '02. TD4.
As I had the rear r.h. window trim and r.h. loadspace side trim removed to do another job, I thought I would suss out the connection for the towbar I have ordered. I will be fitting both 12n & 12S sockets. I have the caravan charge/fridge relay sited and a separate 4mm feed from the battery (Fused of course) pulled through. I have looked on RAVE electrical section for the "Towing Pick up connector" (C0499) pinouts only to find that it is not listed.
I also printed off the towbar fitting instructions from RAVE and it shows the connector located in the loadspace, r.h. side. However there is no sign of it. There is a bunch of cables disappearing through the grommet, and having a look underneath, they appear to go to the r.h. bumper light assembly, but no spare connector can be seen...am I missing something ???
Another related question-do I have to pick up an "Ignition live" from the passenger fusebox or is there anywhere in the loadspace that I can tap off ? I need this to energise the battery charge/fridge relay coil.
The car has never had a towbar fitted previously as the towing eye is still there, and looking at the state of it, it's been there since the car was built.
If the worst comes to the worst, I will just splice into the lighting cables the old way-solder joints and heatshrink, I will have to do that anyway as there is no connector shown on RAVE for a pick up.