jamesx2
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- 2002 Mountianeer
My tow vehicle is a 02 Mercury Mountaineer with the factory tow package.
It came stock with a class 2 hitch and a 4 pin connector.
I went to Uhaul today and ordered a class 3 hitch that mounts to the class 2 hitch. It kind of sits under and in the original hitch.
My battle today was with the wireing.
I removed the passenger tail light cover and found a 7 wire plug going into the 4 wire flat plug. Uhaul sold me a adapter that plugs the 4 pins together and on the other end is a 7 pin to the trailer.
They also sold me a brake controller but not sure if i need it as I cant pull the trailer yet
All lights work and using the multi meter I am getting power to the brakes.Do i need the brake controller or does the Merc have it built in?? How does it know how much brake to apply?
Even the Uhaul guy was confused. First I ended up buying a harness that plugs into a plug under the dash for the factory brake controller but theres not one there
Whats going to happen when I step on the brakes??
It came stock with a class 2 hitch and a 4 pin connector.
I went to Uhaul today and ordered a class 3 hitch that mounts to the class 2 hitch. It kind of sits under and in the original hitch.
My battle today was with the wireing.
I removed the passenger tail light cover and found a 7 wire plug going into the 4 wire flat plug. Uhaul sold me a adapter that plugs the 4 pins together and on the other end is a 7 pin to the trailer.
They also sold me a brake controller but not sure if i need it as I cant pull the trailer yet
All lights work and using the multi meter I am getting power to the brakes.Do i need the brake controller or does the Merc have it built in?? How does it know how much brake to apply?
Even the Uhaul guy was confused. First I ended up buying a harness that plugs into a plug under the dash for the factory brake controller but theres not one there
Whats going to happen when I step on the brakes??