I just bought a legacy trailer that came in today, and I also ordered a plug and play wiring harness from them that they said would fit, the salesman said that the trailer had a flat 5 connector on it and that the harness was designed for a 5 connector, but when I went to in stall harness and looked at the trailer it has a flat 4, would like some input from anyone that has used the plug n play and had this problem, I do know that some places sell a 5 to 4 connector but I live in a small town and everyone I called don't have them, I was planning a 3000 mile trip leaving on Tuesday so would really like to get it going before then.

Also any pics of how the wires were routed would also help.



Thanks
Wojo

 

You can buy this from Amazon:
If you need one and can't find it, make your own. Buy a 5 wire flat (female - trailer end) and a 4 wire flat (male - vehicle end) pigtails.

Wire colors are green - right. Yellow - left. Brown - tail and white - Ground. Connect the pigtails and secure them. Do not completely secure the brown until you know about your trailer accessories. So, for brown you can twist the wires together (but don't tape them yet.

You should be left with a blue wire from the bike - this is for accessories. If there are no accessories or side lights on the trailer, you don't have to use this. Just tie it off and secure.

If you do have accessories or side markers, they can be separate (using the blue wire) or tied to the tail lamps. Since the trailer is already wired for 4, they are already tied to the tail lights.

Now, you have a convertor connector.

Plug the 5 flat female into the bike and plug the 4 flat male into the trailer. You should be good to go.

Plug the adapter you are making in to see if the lights all work on the trailer. If they do, just leave the blue wire (and secure it). If they don't, then connect to blue with the brown.

This is easy to make. And just so you know, on my trailer, I had the blue wire separate because I had an of/on switch that controlled my accessories lights. So, who wired your bike -and what is the blue accessory wired to?

Good luck

 

Cycle 7447, Thank you very much, I will try it.

Wojo

 

Great - let me know how you make out

 

Wojo - are you back yet? How did the wiring come out?

 

Hey cycle,
I was sent the wrong harness and had to wait for the correct one to come in, I did get it all going, Thanks for the help. Gonna be a while till I get to pull the trailer, have a lot going on here and no time to ride right now.

Wojo

 

I know the feeling,,,I haven't been able to get out much this year either.

 

Within the last couple years or so I have had pretty good luck finding plugs and adaptors etc at my local WalMart. Surprised me.