My husband has put our new towbar on but he has still to do the wireing, any tips on how to do it?

unfortunately with the regulations as they are you will have to have the tow bar fitted at an accredited towbar shop as you will need a modification plate fixed to the vehicle fire wall by the registered installer. If you have a machinery inspection and there is no mod plate then you will be put off the road

hi if you go onto saabscene forum and search for towbars electric i found this brill pdf am looking to fit a towbar meself to my 98 vert

you have to buy a towbar for your model car . as the mounting hole will be there, if you try and fit any towbar and drill holes it will affect the structure of the car the wiring for the tow bar is universal and if you get a wiring kit it will tell you how to wire it in,

Firstly you need to know the make of the towbar, then you can download the fitting instructions from the towbar manufacturers website. As far as electrics are concerned, I would recommend NOT using the secondhand electrics that you have unless you have a dedicated plug-in wiring kit as the wires were probably cut and may now be too short to use and the sockets may not be in tiptop condition, It's well worth the small expense af replacing them. The actual wiring will depend on what year and model the car is.

The following is the wiring for your towbar
Check the inside of the socket and you will find each of the 7 pins are numbered 1 - 7.
No 1 Yellow Wire. Left side Flasher
No 2 Blue Wire. Fog Light.
No 3 White Wire.. Earth.
No 4 Green Wire. Right side Flasher
No 5 Brown Wire. Left side Park Light.
No 6 Red Wire. Brake Lights.
No 7 Centre Pin. Black Wire. Right Side Parh Light.
Hope This helps.
John

I assume that the towbar didn't come with a proper wiring kit as, unfortunately there is not a specific connector for the towbar wiring on the x-type, the proper Vehicle Specific Kit plugs into the rear light. There is a power connector with three pins on the left and a grey reverse sensor cut out connector also on the left. but you will either need to use a Vehicle Specific Wiring kit (about £175) or use a bypass relay system.

the best way to wire it is to get a tail gate board off a trailer and plug it in to the towbar then wire red to stop n tail lights green or yellow to the earth what other orange or brown to indicator sum wires may differ in colur wat colour wires do u have on the towbar

Behind the left reversing light is a grommet that you can put the towbar wire through, and just behind this is a large black connector, this has all the wires for the towbar, unfortunately there are several wires of the same colour that do different things, best use a test lamp on each one as you connect them. The indicators are "self monitoring" so you do not need a buzzer or light on the dash to tell you that the trailer is working, when you indicate with the trailer connected the ticking sound of the indicators changes to a pinging sound.

I dont know this particular model but if you go to a caravan sales pitch ,they usually have the wiring diagrams at the back of their caravan brochures. You could always tell them that you,re interested in getting a caravan but dont know if your car can be wired for one.Also try towbar sellers, they always give out the diagrams. Hope this helps.

Can any one provide advice on wiring up a towbar electrics for my s type jaguar