How to splice tail light wires

Scotty Kilmer, mechanic for the last years, shows how you can fix the wiring in your car by cutting out old bad wiring and splicing in new wires. An If you like my car help, be sure to watch my live car talk show every . How to make weatherproof, low resistance wire repairs and splices. Bombproof automotive wire repairs.

Install-Brake- Lights -Trailer.

Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs f.

Remove the plastic nuts that hold the truck liner.

Pull the liner back to expose the nuts that hold the fixture in place. Using an 11mm socket, remove the nuts that hold the fixture. Carefully remove the grommet that holds the harness in the car body.

You can usually splice wires just by twisting them together, then covering the splice securely with electrical tape. Probe backwards along the wire until power is found again. Note the color of the wire you cut off and locate this wire at the tail light . For trucks, remove two bolts on the side of the truck bed and pull out the tail - light assembly.

For cars, the assembly is likely located inside the trunk. Make sure the wiring harness will reach . I want waterproof connectors that will last through years of service, rain, snow and salt. Which is the right if any for that . Now probe the vehicle wiring to find out which wire leading to the taillights is hot.

Splice into this wire and bring it to the vehicle side of the trailer . In this episode, I will show you how to ad trailer light wiring for under 25$ in about an hour by tapping into your tail lights. Removing the tail light to begin your trailer wiring installation. The first step is to get to the tail light wiring harness.

Find the green wire in the tail light wiring harness for the right side, stop, and turn light. This connects both left and right taillights to the one brown wire of the trailer harness. Splice the white wire of the trailer harness to the black wire connected directly to the steel frame of the truck chassis .