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13 pin tow socket problem

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dadof7kids

Member Since: 23 Aug 2011
Location: sunny Doncaster
Posts: 1303

2014 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 HSE Lux Auto Firenze Red

13 pin tow socket problem

Can I get a new black plastic insert or is it a whole new electrics?

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11th Sep 2018 6:03 pm

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

2016 Discovery 4 3.0 TDV6 Graphite LE Auto Loire Blue

new plug with loom may be EASIER...but not cheapist option

11th Sep 2018 9:38 pm

dadof7kids

Member Since: 23 Aug 2011
Location: sunny Doncaster
Posts: 1303

Thats what I thought

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Club Lux : ) GONE : (

11th Sep 2018 10:19 pm

galwaygreen

Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525

it was bad enough rewiring 7 pin

11th Sep 2018 10:20 pm

GLYNNE

Member Since: 06 Oct 2006
Location: KENT
Posts: 4695

Mines just done that.
Luckily I found the plastic insert in the adaptor so managed to put it back in.

11th Sep 2018 10:21 pm

dadof7kids

Member Since: 23 Aug 2011
Location: sunny Doncaster
Posts: 1303

Just checked mine , not there

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Club Lux : ) GONE : (

11th Sep 2018 10:41 pm

jamez79

Member Since: 03 Sep 2018
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 585

2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 XS Auto Indus Silver

You might be able get a new socket and swap them all over but it's fiddly and annoying to do. I had to do it on my old Navara as I'd wired it up and forgot to put the cable through the towbar bracket first. My only options were to un plug everything or undo the terminals at the back of the socket and rewire. D'oh!

12th Sep 2018 4:24 am

dadof7kids

Member Since: 23 Aug 2011
Location: sunny Doncaster
Posts: 1303

Swapping the plug isn't going to happen

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Club Lux : ) GONE : (

13th Sep 2018 11:31 am

jamez79

Member Since: 03 Sep 2018
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 585

Nothing is ever easy is it. That's just my luck too.

I've got the two plugs (12n/12s or 7n/7s?) and need to swap to a 13pin for the horse trailer. I don't want an adapter, so I'm toying with buying a 13pin and swapping the wires or buying a loom and doing it from scratch again.

Anyone know if they sell just the plug half of the loom?

And the part numbers?

Hope you manage to get it sorted

13th Sep 2018 1:18 pm

dadof7kids

Member Since: 23 Aug 2011
Location: sunny Doncaster
Posts: 1303

Tow bar place could not un clip the connectors on the loom without taking half the bumper off

I do know he only paid £54 for a new loom which is coming tomorrow as the one that turned up was for a Discovery Sport

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Club Lux : ) GONE : (

13th Sep 2018 1:23 pm

jamez79

Member Since: 03 Sep 2018
Location: Staffordshire
Posts: 585

At that price, I'd buy the loom and save the hassle of fiddling around trying to swp wires. Will have a google...

Cheers

13th Sep 2018 1:42 pm

JL

Member Since: 02 Jun 2015
Location: West coast
Posts: 50

2012 Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 HSE Lux Auto Unknown Colour

I just cut the wires re-wired the loom a little and mounted a new plug.

7th Oct 2018 8:06 am

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