Jim McC

Can anyone recommend a decent kayak life jacket on a budget, maybe $75 or less? A fishing one would be a bonus.

Thanks. The plug is still intact on it, and stays in the inside of van. Are you saying to tape up the plug?

I use Eagle Claw hooks for Texas rigs, but I always use weedless wacky hooks. Otherwise I'm constantly reeling in weeds.

Anyone?

You don't want to stand and fish in a canoe or kayak, unless you're the most agile person on earth. Sitting and fishing in a kayak or canoe, Yes. If you hook into a big musky or northern while standing, you'll be in the water.

Well, I just finished putting on the new T-connector/wiring harness and it is now fixed. BUT I have one more question. The old wiring plug is still hooked up, and I don't know where it hooks up. They used some other method than the one I just replaced. Since the problem is fixed now, do I just tuck the old wiring and plug away and leave it? Thanks.

YOU don't suck, bait cast reels suck. I used one for many years while I musky fished, and I don't miss bait cast reels at all.

I think you mis-understood my problem. The problem is not with the lights on the van malfunctioning, the left turn signal on the trailer is flashing when I hit the brakes. Everything on the van works normally. Yes, the left turn signal on the trailer works normally when I am not applying the brakes. No, the problem does not happen when the trailer is not hooked up.

Everything else works normally. There's only a problem when you hit the brakes. I ordered a new T-connector wiring harness for my van from Etrailer.com. It even has a video on how to change it out on my van, and it looks pretty easy. I'll post back after I change it.

As I said in post 26, it's apparently the van's wiring. When he had the tester on the van's wiring plug and I hit the brakes, the tester was flashing and the left turn signal was flashng. I also hooked up to a trailer there, and it's left turn signal flashed when I hit the brakes.

Now it appears the problem is not the trailer. I took my van to another place today(a trailer sales/installation shop) and the problem is the wiring on the van. While he had his tester on the van's wiring plug, it was flashing while I hit the brakes. He said it's not the van's ground because all the other lights work properly. Is that correct? Just to re-cap, when I hit the brakes the left turn signal flashes. It's supposedly one of 2 things: 1) The wiring harness plug(I'll replace this first and see what happens) 2) The T-connector and wiring harness on van is bad. If it is this, where's a good source to buy this for a 2003 Chrysler Town and Country mini van? Thanks.

I'm thinking that the wire will eventually get frayed or damaged due to the tilt action of the trailer. That may be the cause of my current problem. But I guess if that does happen, I'll just re-wire again.

Thanks. Now I have to find the ground on the van and see how it looks. Any tips on how to find it?

Do you mean the ground wire that should have been installed when they installed my hitch and wiring on my van?

No. The size of the holes in the frame for the wiring is about 1/2". I'd like to encase the wiring in something on the outside of frame, but I don't know how to do that since it's a tilt trailer.

I understand that, but I think having the wire inside the "tilt trailer" frame again is just asking for more wiring trouble in the future. I'm still trying to figure out my current wiring issue(other thread).

I've got the white wire from the plug grounded to the trailer. Is that what you mean?

I'm considering re-wiring my trailer, but it's a tilt trailer and I have a couple questions. My current wiring runs inside the frame, and I was wondering if I'd be better off running the new wiring on the outside of frame? I thought about encasing the wire inside some sort of wire protection(plastic conduit, etc), but how would I deal with the tilt aspect of the trailer? I'd like to keep the tilt aspect operational. Thanks.

Update: Today I re-did my 2 grounds from the taillights to the trailer frame. I also re-did the ground from the trailer harness plug to the trailer frame. The bad news is it's still doing the same thing(When I step on the brake, the left turn signal flashes on the trailer). Everything else works normally(The left and right turn signals and the hazards). When I put on the hazards though, the 2 taillights are slightly out of sync by a split second. Does this hint toward anything? Tomorrow I'm going to replace the trailer harness plug and see what happens. Thanks for any help.

8 rods? I don't even own 8 rods. I use a plastic milk carton with 1.25" PVC pipe for the rod holders. I have one in each corner of the crate, and secure them to the carton with plastic zip ties. You could probably fit a couple more, but with 8, the reels would probably be smacking each other.

I've never had a white wire going from the trailer to the tow vehicle. How would that even hook up?

OK, but what do I check specifically? How do I know if a ground is bad? Each LED taillight is grounded with a screw, and those look clean. The trailer harness is grounded to the frame, but the screw is rusty.

I've got LED trailer lights, new last season. Yes, the left turn signal activates when I hit the brakes.

That's a great idea. I'll have to see if I have room to run a hose or something similiar(if I re-wire it). A local U-haul dealer checked my van's wiring harness today, and everything worked normally. He said it's probably a bad ground or a bad wiring plug on trailer. So at least now I know it's the trailer itself. How do I check to see if the trailer wiring plug is bad? How do I check for a bad ground on trailer? Thanks.

Thanks guys.