Hopkins 5 wire to 4 wire converter.

[Dale M.]

Also consider not all converts are same... Maybe the converter you purchased is not correct choice for your application... I smoked several till I found that would work reasonable well on a Honda Passport I used to own.... I really do not like them As I found them to be somewhat unreliable....

IF you have little success with converter you have, you might consider one of these...

http://www.etrailer.com/t1-1989_Toyota_Pickup.htm

Dale

[Irving]

Why not install lights and wiring on the trailer to match the tow vehicle. I'm sure you could make it so that you'd be able to use it with a regular 4 wire vehicle and a 5 wire vehicle with a little thought and perhaps an extra plug/socket.

Go with the flow.

Cheers,

Gus

I thought about that, but I'd like to be able to tow the trailer with more than one vehicle.

You easily could. Wire your truck and trailer with a 4 wire connector. Ground, tail lights, right and left brake light all wired separately. Add two more wires and dedicated turn signal lights to your trailer and a separate connector for the right and left turn signals on your truck. So, if you plug into your truck you connect the additional turn signals you've installed on your trailer. If you plug into a conventional vehicle your brake lights function as the turn signals and your extra turn lights are non functional. You could always add a switch on the trailer to connect your extra turn signals to the brake/turn signal wires so the extra lights would function 4 wire or 5(really 6) wire.

Where there is a will, there is a way. Doing it this way would eliminate the converter module. It sounds more complicated than it would actually be.

I think I'd do it w/o the converter and have, as you'd like to, the ability to tow it with any vehicle.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Gus

That's not a bad idea, and I might do it. I'm trying to see in my minds eye just where I'd put a switch to use the extra blinkers with a conventional vehicle in conjunction with the brake light blinkers and I'm drawing a blank..

[Irving]

THE CONVERTER WAS BAD! Bought a new one and it works great.

Only thing I'm dissatisfied with is the intermittent slight dimming that the opposite light gets when a blinker is flashing. Normal I guess.

[eamarquardt]

Why not install lights and wiring on the trailer to match the tow vehicle. I'm sure you could make it so that you'd be able to use it with a regular 4 wire vehicle and a 5 wire vehicle with a little thought and perhaps an extra plug/socket.

Go with the flow.

Cheers,

Gus

I thought about that, but I'd like to be able to tow the trailer with more than one vehicle.

You easily could. Wire your truck and trailer with a 4 wire connector. Ground, tail lights, right and left brake light all wired separately. Add two more wires and dedicated turn signal lights to your trailer and a separate connector for the right and left turn signals on your truck. So, if you plug into your truck you connect the additional turn signals you've installed on your trailer. If you plug into a conventional vehicle your brake lights function as the turn signals and your extra turn lights are non functional. You could always add a switch on the trailer to connect your extra turn signals to the brake/turn signal wires so the extra lights would function 4 wire or 5(really 6) wire.

Where there is a will, there is a way. Doing it this way would eliminate the converter module. It sounds more complicated than it would actually be.

I think I'd do it w/o the converter and have, as you'd like to, the ability to tow it with any vehicle.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Gus

That's not a bad idea, and I might do it. I'm trying to see in my minds eye just where I'd put a switch to use the extra blinkers with a conventional vehicle in conjunction with the brake light blinkers and I'm drawing a blank..

Not that it matters now but the switch would be on the trailer. A double pole single or double throw. One way the switch would connect the dedicated turn signal lights to the brake/turn lights when thrown the other way the turn signal lights would be disconnected from the brake lights and be fed by the separate turn signal wires.

Cheers,

Gus

[Dale M.]

THE CONVERTER WAS BAD! Bought a new one and it works great.

Only thing I'm dissatisfied with is the intermittent slight dimming that the opposite light gets when a blinker is flashing. Normal I guess.

Crappy converter... Poor product....

Dale