Trailer Wiring problem

[chrisis]

i have a 96 explorer and i have the towing package.

i need to tow a trailer and needed the lights for the trailer to work so i bought and install a T connector that they told me it should work.

http://shop.easternmarine.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=catalog.prodInfo&productID=5027&categoryID=210

when i plug everything i still don't have power on the trailer.

anybody used it before? any ideas?

 

[daffy]

Did you happen to stick a test light or meter in the socket to make sure it's ok there?

I ask this because it always seems that my problem always lies in the damned trailer, bad ground here, bad ground there...gets frustrating.

 

[nolimitssjca]

I noticed that the plug you bought shows all the F-Series trucks but not the Explorer. Could be that the pin-out is different.

I would get one from the Ford Dealer. I have purchased 3 for 3 different Explorers and all have worked fine.

 

[Beuford]

I also agree with checking the plug kit, when i did my 96 i didn't have the tow kit and had to install a converter because of the dual tail bulbs.
But when i was reading up on it, with the search feature here, i recall something about the tow kits using seperate relays in the back left compartment and possible something about them needing a ground circuit to operate, that came in the factory plug?
Sorry im not much more up on it.

 

[KPT]

Dumb question but you know that white wire with the piece on the end needs to go to ground?