7 wire towing socket. No passenger side brake light going to the toad.

[patrickemb]

I have no brake light on passenger side toad. The blinker is working fine. Whoever wired it before me had the wiring in a mess. Got it all straight and found a wire that was the brake wire going to the passenger side brake light. I tied it to the blinker wire down by the socket. According to the diagram the brake and signal are on the same pole. When I went to test the blinker it came on but no blinking. I cut the wire I had found for the brake and the blinker is back to working properly but no brake light . Back to where I started. Question is what do I need to do to get the brake light working on the toad. Drivers side works just fine.

[Jon_C]

[QUOTE=patrickemb;5452624]I have no brake light on passenger side toad. The blinker is working fine. Whoever wired it before me had the wiring in a mess. Got it all straight and found a wire that was the brake wire going to the passenger side brake light. I tied it to the blinker wire down by the socket. According to the diagram the brake and signal are on the same pole. When I went to test the blinker it came on but no blinking. I cut the wire I had found for the brake and the blinker is back to working properly but no brake light . Back to where I started. Question is what do I need to do to get the brake light working on the toad. Drivers side works just fine.[/QUOTE


Does your coach have separate brake (Red) and turn signal (amber) rear lights? ( id guess yes)

And does your toad have separate brake/ turn lights? ( id guess no)

Assuming i guessed right above, your coach will have a converter to combine the brake and turn signals. 1 wire out of the converter for brake/right turn combined and another for brake/left turn combined. These 2 wires go thru the connector to the toad.

If your toad has separate brake and turn lights you dont need the converter, 3 separate wires run thru the connector to toad for brake, right and left turn.

Once know your setup can give you more specific help.

[patrickemb]

[QUOTE=Jon_C;5452832]

Originally Posted by patrickemb

I have no brake light on passenger side toad. The blinker is working fine. Whoever wired it before me had the wiring in a mess. Got it all straight and found a wire that was the brake wire going to the passenger side brake light. I tied it to the blinker wire down by the socket. According to the diagram the brake and signal are on the same pole. When I went to test the blinker it came on but no blinking. I cut the wire I had found for the brake and the blinker is back to working properly but no brake light . Back to where I started. Question is what do I need to do to get the brake light working on the toad. Drivers side works just fine.[/QUOTE


Does your coach have separate brake (Red) and turn signal (amber) rear lights? ( id guess yes)

And does your toad have separate brake/ turn lights? ( id guess no)

Assuming i guessed right above, your coach will have a converter to combine the brake and turn signals. 1 wire out of the converter for brake/right turn combined and another for brake/left turn combined. These 2 wires go thru the connector to the toad.

If your toad has separate brake and turn lights you dont need the converter, 3 separate wires run thru the connector to toad for brake, right and left turn.

Once know your setup can give you more specific help.

My lights for both brake and signal are all red. I've looked for a converter and I don't have one. Just puzzling drivers side is good and it has both the brake and signal tied together at the socket as per the wiring diagram.

[Jon_C]

[QUOTE=patrickemb;5452888]

Originally Posted by Jon_C

My lights for both brake and signal are all red. I've looked for a converter and I don't have one. Just puzzling drivers side is good and it has both the brake and signal tied together at the socket as per the wiring diagram.

Ok i have not seen a diagram like that may have to see if anyone else is familiar with that setup.

So brake and signal are the same bulb on both coach and toad, correct?

[patrickemb]

Not sure about the toads bulbs. Really doesn't matter with the toad because the drivers side on it works as it should.

[bentjm]

My 2005 MountainAire 4032 had the same problem. I had a short on the toad when I ran the wires back to the tail lights. This blew a fuse on the motorhome.

My motorhome actually has two different circuits that control the rear lights - one for the motorhome lights and one for the "trailer" lights.

There is a post on here somewhere that had the wiring diagram and pointed me to the correct fuse in the bay right below the driver.

I found and fixed the short on the toad and replaced the blown fuse on the motorhome and was good to go.

[Jon_C]

Originally Posted by patrickemb

Not sure about the toads bulbs. Really doesn't matter with the toad because the drivers side on it works as it should.

Ok i was just trying to get info to help you. I wired trailers for 8 years at a RV dealership. Hope you get it fixed!

[deandec]

Have you verified that the wire at the motorhome end of the connection is blinking using your meter?

If so, then the problem is in your toad.

If so, run a new wire connecting to the motorhome tail/signal light socket and on back to the rear of the car to the passenger side signal/tail light.

[patrickemb]

Got it all straightened out. Ran new wire to everything at the coach. Took out the old wiring out and made it much cleaner.