Hi, i need to know how to wire in my 7pin towbar so I can trailer a track motorcycle, I have the instructions from the towbar wire so I know what they are, it's the scooby wires I don't have a clue about.
I'm planning on cutting the towbar electrics plug off in the boot an join it onto there

What is each colour wire for?

Car is 2004 wrx

I know it's easier an safer to buy a scooby plug an play but I refuse to pay over a £100 for one!!!

Thank you for any help an advice

 

pin1. yellow. lh ind
pin2. blue. fog
pin3. white. earth
pin4. green. rh ind
pin5. brown. lh side
pin6. red. brake
pin7. black. rh side

as for the car u will need a test light lol

 

Thanks for your reply, that's what I need but for the car side

 

I was going to look for you tomorrow, but mine is a 98 classic UK car.

 

If you could that would be great , they could be the same. I've found on a forester web site listing for that, but even they could be different. This is what I've found



Car R79 pin - Towbar pin/wire
1=side light - 5=brown (right)
2=side light - 7=black (left)
3=brakes - 6=red
4=left ind - 1=yellow
5=right ind - 4=green
6=fog light - 2=blue
7=earth - 3=white

Does this look like yours?

 

I'll have a look, but don't count on the colours being the same, I've seen cars built six months apart with different wiring colours

 

Not as easy as I thought: for a start, the socket on the CAR's wiring has 13 holes, not seven, although the PLUG from the towbar only uses 6 of them.

This is what mine is wired like:

First column, wiring colour to towbar, second column, wiring on car.

Green : Pale green/black stripe
Yellow : Black/pale green stripe,
Red : White/black stripe
Brown : Red/yellow stripe, silver spots
Black : As above, there are two wires like that.
White : Black

In addition, there are two wires, afaik for the foglight, they are connected:
Grey : Brown
Blue : White.
They have their own little 2-pin connector.

The best way to do this might be as follows:

Turn the SOCKET as fitted to the car's wiring until the "catch" is on top, now looking IN to it:
The towbar loom plug will go into it using the TOP row of pins, as follows: left to right:
Green, Yellow, Red, Brown, Black, with the WHITE wire being the centre pin on the next row down.

HTH.

 

Thanks for your time alcazar, I'm going to give this a go tomorrow morning.

I should from the info I have , an yours be able to work it out.

Cheers

 

Best of luck.
Hope it ends up being worth the saving....but I ain't holding my breath.

 

I've not had chance to look at his yet

What year an model is your car ?

 

98 UK car.