Toyota P/U bed trailer....help with wiring.

[CruiserStuff]

I have a Toyota pickup bed trailer (on the truck frame)....I estimate it to be off of a '86-ish truck. I want to run the lights so that I can utilize the stock light assemblies with the amber turn signals, the back up lights and, of course, the tail and brake lights. That can wait for later and I'll probably need some help with that......

Right now, though, I just have to get the lighting hooked up to be legal. For now, I picked up a 4-pin flat connector set up.

I understand that:

1) the yellow wire is for the left turn signal and the brakes
2) the green wire is for the right turn signal and the brakes
3) the brown wire is for the tail lights
4) the white wire is the ground

I also bought the 5-wire to 4-wire converter and have that wired onto the wiring harness of the 40. So far so good.

When I hook into the trailer light assemblies, with the 4-pin connector, the brake lights will ALSO be the turn signals (the amber lights won't operate). Is that correct or am I thinking this through incorrectly?

Assuming I'm correct, I want to splice the yellow and green wires into the brake wire on the tail light assemblies (left and right respectively) and the brown wire into the tail light wire, right? Do I need to run the brown wire to only one or both of the assemblies? (Sorry, I'm really bad at auto electric stuff).

Am I missing anything here or should this work? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. I need to get this thing on the road tonight, if possible.

Thanks in advance

 

[CruiserStuff]

Some help with this would really be helpful.....anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

 

[JamesR]

I feel your pain. I'm in the process of wiring a trailer to pull with my 60 and I'm trying to head off any potential problems before they arise. If I figure it out, I'll get back to you.

 

[ntsqd]

Trailers are wired, in the US anyway, to work with domestic tow rig light circuits. Meaning that the stop and turn bulb light elements are the same. Unlike how Toyota's are wired. So the trick is to make the yota turn signal lights also drive the trailer turn signal lights. I've posted a relay circuit diagram in the past that makes this work and takes the trailer light loads off of the tow rig's lighting circuits. It does require a battery power wire run to the rear of the vehicle. This circuit does make the trailer turn signals flash exactly out of sync with the tow rig's turn signals when the brakes are applied. They flash in-sync when the brakes are not applied.

Or you can use one of the commercial converters available. I've never gotten much life-span out them, but I've also never used the type that also needs a battery power wire.