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I recently purchased a really nice '89 1500 with a custom painted and matched Savage trailer.
The 5 pin wiring plug on the trailer had all but one wire broken inside the connector housing. After being unable to figure out how the former owner had wired the trailer using cause and effect, I decided to approach the mystery from the bike side.
I took the trailer plug and made a 6 foot open ended harness so I could work things from the bike seat and see what was what. I used a lamp taken from the trailer to ring out the connections.
Here is what I discovered:
Pin 1 (common) + Pin 2 = R Turn (works perfectly)
Pin 1 (common) + Pin 3 = L Turn (same)
Pin 1 (common) + Pin 4 = Running (presumably)
now for the really wierd part...
Pin 1 + Pin 5 make the brake light work but inverse to expected. It only goes off when I press the brake switches.
To make it work right I have to use Pin 4 + Pin 5.
Does that sound normal to you?
Any guidance here?
Thanks all.
I recently purchased a really nice '89 1500 with a custom painted and matched Savage trailer.
The 5 pin wiring plug on the trailer had all but one wire broken inside the connector housing. After being unable to figure out how the former owner had wired the trailer using cause and effect, I decided to approach the mystery from the bike side.
I took the trailer plug and made a 6 foot open ended harness so I could work things from the bike seat and see what was what. I used a lamp taken from the trailer to ring out the connections.
Here is what I discovered:
Pin 1 (common) + Pin 2 = R Turn (works perfectly)
Pin 1 (common) + Pin 3 = L Turn (same)
Pin 1 (common) + Pin 4 = Running (presumably)
now for the really wierd part...
Pin 1 + Pin 5 make the brake light work but inverse to expected. It only goes off when I press the brake switches.
To make it work right I have to use Pin 4 + Pin 5.
Does that sound normal to you?
Any guidance here?
Thanks all.