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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 02:19 PM
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Need some quick help (Trailor wiring)

I have a pigtail with a 4 flat plug I need to splice onto the 4 wires for my stock trailor wiring harness, but I am a little confused.

The pigtail has 1 white, 1 brown, 1 green and 1 yellow but the stock wires are 1 white, 2 green and 1 yellow.

Does anyone know how they match up, or do I need to break out the meter and guess and check?

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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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white should be white, yellow should be yellow. and the brown/green vs g/g will be a 50/50 chance of getting it right. those are the Left turn, right turn.
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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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I guess my problem is that I don't have a trailor to test it on, so in order from female to the 3 males, what circuts get wired into a 4 flat harness?

Example,

female=lights
1st male=brake lights
2nd male=left turn
3rd male = right turn.

See what I mean?

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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 02:30 PM
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i cant remember the order and i dont have my truck here to look. call the local u-haul they would know.
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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 08:15 PM
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This lists most of the common color codes:
- http://www.horsetrailerworld.com/home/wiring.asp

Get one of those trailer connector testers:

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