Hi I have what looks like a genuine towbar and electrics
I have 7 pin i would like 13 pin is it as simple as a new cable plug and play ?
Cheers James

Unlikely as one plugs has seven cables and one has, theoretically, thirteen, but in practice often just twelve. You’ll probably need to take off the nearside panel in the load compartment to check whether the additional wires are there.

Of course if you just need seven pin functionality then it’s just a matter of swapping the wires over to the equivalent terminals on the thirteen pin socket. A quick search on the internet will readily produce the necessary wiring diagrams but this is as good a start as any - https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/media/1022790/towbar-wiring-mo.pdf

James975 wrote:

Hi I have what looks like a genuine towbar and electrics
I have 7 pin i would like 13 pin is it as simple as a new cable plug and play ?
Cheers James

James975 wrote:

Hi I have what looks like a genuine towbar and electrics
I have 7 pin i would like 13 pin is it as simple as a new cable plug and play ?
Cheers James

When you say 7 pin, is that 7 pin twin socket with black [N] and grey [S] sockets or is it strictly 7 pin single Black [N] socket?

If the former then you could replace the twin sockets with a twin cable entry 13 pin socket (not too difficult with a clear wiring diagram) or you could simply buy a new kit which I believe to be VPLFT0106 which is fully plug and play.

If it is the latter... I suspect there is absolutely no chance of converting it to the functionality of a thirteen pin socket.



The kit for your car is little more than a cable appropriately terminated at each end

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Last edited by jules on 1st Nov 2019 9:00 pm. Edited 1 time in total

Wrong thread! But thanks.