44GPW Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Hi, anyone fitted electrics to a bedford wiring loom to enable a modern trailer socket to be fitted? Thanks Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I've done it with my Dodges. Not difficult. The 7 pin Ring wiring is standard. One thing I did do was wire in a towing relay to take the extra bulbs. One thing I don't do is use Snaplocks or chocklate blocks, either proper squezze connections or solder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 44GPW Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Thanks Tony, So is it just a case of taking the loom into a junction box then trial and error to determine which wires from the loom connect to which pin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Yes, Just leave the blue one blank. http://www.uk-trailer-parts.co.uk/7-pin-n-type-trailer-plug-wiring-diagram/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 44GPW Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Really helpful, thanks Tony. Did u run a safety cable at all? Thinking about a link to the handbrake cable just in case and probably needed to be legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 matchlesswdg3 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 (edited) The MW I sold on last year was wired up to a conventional trailer socket hidden under the back board and with a clever demountable hitch that fitted on to the original towing bracketry. Alas, I have no photos, but it can be done anyhow. Safety cable? Well you need a secondary method of attachment should the ball hitch fail, usually accomplished by a simple cable between the trailer and an eye on the chassis or towing bar inboard of the ball. Unless you are towing a trailer that has brakes?? I was just towing a motorcycle trailer although I understand the PO trailed a caravan, which must have made for slow progress on an MW! Edited January 27, 2017 by matchlesswdg3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tony B Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Depends on A your licence, B weight of trailer. Some of the trailers under 750kg mass don't have to have brakes, so a secondary attachment is very wise. If you have a trailer entitlement, override braked trailers now most have a secondary cable from brakes attached. Ensure it is good condition and the link is sound. I have room to strap around the tow hitch on mine as my trailers are eyes. If you have a period trailer it can become a bit more fraught, though the hitches them selves being eye rings have a positive lock over the eye. Do make sure that if you have a fixed hook the pintle on the trailer can rotate, and vicea versus. The Standard MW was a fixed hook, so must have a rotating pintle trailer. 50 mm ball hitches have built in rotation to the hitch were required. Do you have a specific trailer in mind and what sort of hitch does it have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 58 BE 88 Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Buried at the back of my mind is that a "breakaway" cable arrangement that applies the trailer brakes if a separation occurs is required on trailers with over-run brakes manufactured after 1956. Naturally, I can't remember where I found that bit of information! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 44GPW Posted January 30, 2017 Author Share Posted January 30, 2017 Thanks all for your responses. My plan is to use an A frame bolted to the Jeep. It not an original Jeep one but one from a 1960's Bedford recovery truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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