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Hey everybody, how’s it going Today, we’re gonna be going over and showing you how to install the Hopkins plug-in simple trailer wiring harness here on our 2014 Ford Edge. So, a trailer wiring harness is gonna be one of the few things you’re gonna need to successfully tow a trailer here with your Edge. So, in addition to the trailer wiring harness, we’re gonna need a trailer hitch, as well as a ball mount/ hitch ball. The trailer wiring harness portion of it is what’s gonna allow the vehicle to transmit the taillight signals to the trailer. Now, this is not only your legal requirement, in almost all states, it’s also gonna be necessary to let other motorists out in the road know the signals we’re gonna be making. A lot of times, our trailer is actually gonna block the taillight signals on our vehicle.
Therefore, we need an effective way to communicate with other motorists, the signals that we’re gonna be making, so we can arrive to our destination safe and sound. So, for this particular kit here, the trailer connector actually gets stored inside of the vehicle. And that’s really ideal for vehicles like this, because chances are, we’re not gonna be towing every day. And although it is sort of inconvenient to drape the trailer connector out the bumper and close the hatch, there’s not gonna be any issues with doing that. You’re not gonna damage the wiring.
And when we’re not using it, it’s gonna be nice, safe and sound inside of the vehicle here, so we don’t have to worry about any water getting in the plug there, causing any lighting issues, which would be a headache to deal with down the road. So, we mentioned how we need to position the trailer connector in order hook up to our trailer. So, just to give you guys a better visual and show you how easy that is, we’ll go ahead, open up the trunk here. We’re going to take our trailer connector. We’ll reach in here and we’re just gonna be draping it out the bumper here, just like so.
This weather stripping here, both on the bumper and the tailgate, they’re gonna compress, making sure we don’t pinch or damage our wires. We’re gonna have a nice, convenient, easy-to-access trailer connector to use when we back up to our trailer. As you can see here, just hangs out like so, easiest to connect, plenty of room and plenty of movement as well. So, this trailer connector here is what’s known as either a four-pole or a four-way flat, those are both referring to the same thing. Now, this is gonna be the most common type of trailer connector, especially for this vehicle, so most trailers we’re gonna be potentially towing are gonna have this connector.
It has four pins, as you can see here. One’s for the ground, one’s for the running lights, one’s for the left turn signal circuit, and one’s for the right turn signal circuit and the stop and turn signals are obviously integrated with most trailers. So, we have a powered ModuLite here powering this harness. And what that means is we’re gonna have a dedicated power wire running from the converter to the battery. Now, this allows us to not pull power from the trailer lights and from the vehicle’s taillights. And it’s also gonna separate the two if there’s any issues with our trailer, therefore, we don’t have to worry about that affecting the functionality of our vehicle’s taillights. So, in regards to installation, this one is actually very simple. It’s definitely something I think you guys can do at home by yourselves with really just a set of common hand tools. We have to remove the vehicle’s taillights, but I know that may seem daunting, it’s actually pretty easy. And then the bulk of the installation is just running a wire from the rear to the front of the vehicle, so it’s definitely doable for you guys at home. You shouldn’t have to pay a shop to do this. In regards to the timeframe, that’s sorta gonna vary based on your experience level. But I would say comfortably, you guys should be able to get this done in about two to three hours, depending on how hard you’re working at it. Nothing is particularly challenging, it’s just gonna take you some time. Let’s go ahead and walk you through that entire installation step by step now. So now, the first step of our installation, we’re gonna be opening up the hatch on our vehicle here. We’re gonna be taking an eight-millimeter socket. And inside here, we have two screws that we’re gonna remove, so
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