Mitsubishi Delica Owners Club UK™

[notty]

Good evening everyone....

I got up at 5am this morning and and left Cwmbran for a nice liyyle trip up to Nuneaton to Towequipe.

I arrived there at 0755 hrs and had enought ime for a marvellous bacon and sausage torpedo roll from the cafe on the main road road the corner. I had a massive flask of tea to wash it down and read hte paper for a half hour before they opened.

Anyway, bought a towbar from them ( single electric ) for wait for it.......

£117.54....total ( for the bars, electrics, 2 towball covers and a bumper plate )

Got back at 1055 hrs, had a cup of coffee and set to work fitting.

I had some trouble trying the find all of the holes needed for the brackets and realised I had to make my own !!....

Could not find an 11 mm drill bit anywhere so got one from B&Q for £8.

Drilled all the holes, fitted all the bit together rather loosely and then nipped everything up evenly.

What a great bit of tow bar fitting I have to say. Took me 2 hrs or more to sort it out. Could have done with another pair of hands at times ( trying to fot the whole thing fully assembled !! )

Realised it was much easier to fit bracket by bracket and then bolt the lot together afterwards.

I now have a problem, I have looked at the elctrics pack and I'm stuck. I've got an electric socket thingy attached to a plate that sits behind the towball ( with thick 6 core flex hanging out the back of it ), 3 cable ties and a little black tube like plastic case thingy with 5 wires coming out of wrapped in elastic bands and a pack of scotch blocks.

I must say the towbar is really well designed and fits snuggly right up behind the back cross member and still leaves you room to allow the spare wheel to be dropped down if needed.

The instructions are with it but not sure where to start.....

any ideas anyone ?

thanks

Notty

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[notty]

just noticed the spelling.....atroshus

[Yojimbo]

You want to go here:

http://www.fittinginstructions.co.uk/

and find the instructions.

I put my wiring mostly into the passenger side tail lights, and put the beeper box in the compartment for the jack IIRC.

[Yojimbo]

oops, maybe i lied, I just looked there, but couldn't find them, but I have the same towbar, and did fit it myself, I just Can't remember where I got the wiring info from...

[BadgeStar]

Don't know what your little black tube case thing is but the six wires coming out of your socket should be ............

Yellow............Indicator L/H
Blue...............Rear Fog Light
White.............Earth
Green............Indicator R/H
Brown............Tail Light R/H
Red................Stop Lights
Black..............Tail Light L/H & Number Plate Light

Easiest to connect these using ScotchLocks to nearside tail light wiring but you will have to pick up the R/H tail light from the off side with an extra length of wire running across the back of the vehicle under the carpet.

Barry.
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'93 L300 Exceed ........'THE BLACK VAN'.
'89 L300 Manual ............'JUST 4 FUN'.

[notty]

Thanks for the wring. I'm going to start again !! using what you've posted Badgestar.

My effort isn't much of an effort I can say.....( the black tube box thingy is an audible alert to tell me if they are working )

Maybe time to get a profesional to sort it,.... I've had 2 goes now...do I go down the trial and error route or the lazy route...for £15 ? ( quoted by a towbar fitter locally )

Notty

[safetyman73]

The buzzer will buzz every time the indicator flashes on the trailer/caravan, if no buzz can be heard this means the indicator on the trailer/caravan is not flashing.Legal Requirement for towbar electrics.



All so have a look here may be helpful also lots of diagrams. http://www.watling-towbars.co.uk/towbars.html

Hth
    Eddie
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[notty]