Trailer wires?

[lispeej]

1992 Landcruiser Trailer wires?

Does anyone know if there are any quick connect kits for the 92 Landcruisers? By this, I mean,,,plug and play. Or do I have to splice wires and make my own connections? I have a hitch on my rig, but no wires.
All that I found was the hoppy kit, but that kit seems to be for the 93+ models.
Man, this quick connect kit would make my life so much easier.

-lispeej

 

[jonheld]

Dispite what folks have posted here and other places, the Hoppy harness is not plug and play with my 91. Some folks say it is, some say it isn't. That leads me to believe that Toyota changed manufaturers or plug design at some point, at least for the tail lamp connectors.

I used the Hoppy unit and made my own pigtails with molex connectors on them for easy removal. Not plug and play, but not brain surgery either.

FWIW, the Hoppy wiring harness outside of the molded plastic box is not the best quality. Crimp connectors covered in cloth tape is asking for trouble. I remade mine. In fact I wound up remanufacturing the entire tail lamp harness that runs across the rear of the truck. Poor design IMO. Much better now.

 

[lispeej]

Are there anyother universal kits that anyone has used? I need to get something together before the up coming weekend. Going hunting and would like to take a trailer. Thanks.

 

[psfpilot]

The plug-n-play converter has a bit of voltage drop in the output to the trailer lights, so I purchased the Hoppy #46365 kit, which brings in a separate 12V+ from the battery, in hopes of getting brighter tail/turn/brake lights on the trailer. It is not yet installed, so no definitive word on its merits.

 

[lispeej]

The plug-n-play converter has a bit of voltage drop in the output to the trailer lights, so I purchased the Hoppy #46365 kit, which brings in a separate 12V+ from the battery, in hopes of getting brighter tail/turn/brake lights on the trailer. It is not yet installed, so no definitive word on its merits.

Let me know your end result.

 

[psfpilot]

Let me know your end result.

I measured the no-load potential of the running light circuit on each vehicle:

12.4V from the Hoppy #46365
11.6V from the Hoppy #43405

The lights do appear to be a bit brighter in practice, though it might not be enough to justify the effort of running battery power to the rear unless you want the vehicle wiring isolation of the 46365 and/or already want to run a 12V circuit to the rear quarter panel area.

The 46365 is screwed to the factory woofer bracket behind the right rear interior molding and the flat four runs out through a slit in the rubber drain plug behind the wheel well.