Dad & I have a fishing trip planned for Thursday. We're going to take the jon I just modified for a test run. The lake we're going to is TM only (one of the reasons I like it), so I'm charging batteries & getting gear gathered.
We plan to drive his van, since it's alot more "gas friendly" than my truck. I had to rewire the trailer lights, since they weren't wired in the "standard" manner. Checked them from my truck.....and everything was fine. We checked them on Dad's van, and no left turn. long story short, no power to left TS on the flat-4 connector on his van. Traced the wiring & found a power converter under the right tail light of his van. Had power going into the left turn signal of the control, but not coming out....so, bad control. Plugged back into my truck, thinking I'd just drive it & now the plug on my truck decides it want's to be finicky (likely just from corrosion), so I replaced it....all well & fine.
Dad called the local RV store asking about the control (power converter) for his van...$70 & had to order it. He's getting laser done on 1 eye in the morning, so we're supposed to pick it up after that, and can still get it on tomorrow (hopefully between the rain that's forecast. Evidently Ford Windstar vans are flaky when adding hitch wiring, and are low voltage lights, as well as (from what I was told) break the ground side instead of the + side.
Going to pick-up bait tomorrow afternoon, since we'll be leaving early Thursday Am.
lol.....point is...be prepared, check things out prior to needing them :mrgreen:
Hopefully I'll have some pics to post Thursday evening in the fishing forum of the bluegills & crappie we'll catch. :wink:
ST
We plan to drive his van, since it's alot more "gas friendly" than my truck. I had to rewire the trailer lights, since they weren't wired in the "standard" manner. Checked them from my truck.....and everything was fine. We checked them on Dad's van, and no left turn. long story short, no power to left TS on the flat-4 connector on his van. Traced the wiring & found a power converter under the right tail light of his van. Had power going into the left turn signal of the control, but not coming out....so, bad control. Plugged back into my truck, thinking I'd just drive it & now the plug on my truck decides it want's to be finicky (likely just from corrosion), so I replaced it....all well & fine.
Dad called the local RV store asking about the control (power converter) for his van...$70 & had to order it. He's getting laser done on 1 eye in the morning, so we're supposed to pick it up after that, and can still get it on tomorrow (hopefully between the rain that's forecast. Evidently Ford Windstar vans are flaky when adding hitch wiring, and are low voltage lights, as well as (from what I was told) break the ground side instead of the + side.
Going to pick-up bait tomorrow afternoon, since we'll be leaving early Thursday Am.
lol.....point is...be prepared, check things out prior to needing them :mrgreen:
Hopefully I'll have some pics to post Thursday evening in the fishing forum of the bluegills & crappie we'll catch. :wink:
ST