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Today on our 2012 Chrysler Town & Country well be installing the Tow Ready T1 Connector, part number 118534. Now to begin our installation were going to open the rear tailgate to access the screws that hold the taillights in place. Well remove the bolts holding the taillights and carefully pry the taillight housing rearward away from the vehicle being very careful not to break the alignment tabs. Once weve removed the taillights from the vehicle we can pull the red tab here on the connector. Well then push the button and allow the connector to separate. Now here on the drivers side well take the T connector in with the yellow wire and connect it to the vehicle wiring and lock it into place.
Well now drop the entire wiring kit down behind the bumper cover where we can then move underneath the vehicle and route our green wire across between the bumper and the bumper cover itself. Well route the green wire up behind the fascia to the passengers side taillight area where we can then connect it to the vehicle wiring here on the passengers side. With the green wire connected, we can then connect the other side of our T connector to the passengers side taillight and go ahead and reassemble the passengers side taillight to the vehicle. Well now move underneath the vehicle where well find our modulite box. Well pass it back behind the bumper cover to the drivers side taillight area.
Now youll want to do this because the green wire that runs to the passengers side may be short if you dont run it first. Now that we have our modulite box here in the drivers side, well need to connect our black wire supplied with the install kit that will run up to our battery. Well use one of the two yellow butt connectors included with the kit. Well strip back the insulation and connect the two wires together using the yellow butt connector. With that done we can pass the black wire down to the bottom of the vehicle behind the bumper cover.
Well also take our 4-pole connector and pass it down behind the bumper cover to the bottom of the vehicle. We can then remove the adhesive tape protector on the back of the modulite box and after cleaning the surface of the vehicle go ahead and adhere it making sure to keep it clear of our taillight housing. At this point well also need to install our ground. In the modulite box kit is a self tapping screw. Well use that screw to make our ground.
Well put the white wire with the eyelet through the self tapping screw and make a ground connection here on the body of the vehicle. Now with all that done, we can go ahead and reinstall our drivers side taillight remembering to plug the other side of the T1 connector into the back of the taillight housing. Back underneath the vehicle here we can go ahead and pull out the remaining black wire as well as our 4-pole harness. Well route our 4-pole toward the center of the vehicle making sure its secure between the bumper and the rear bumper fascia itself. Were now ready to route our black wire. Now weve gone ahead and began our wiring installation before the hitch was installed. Well go ahead and install our hitch now just to show you what it would look like with the hitch on it. Well now route our black wire up toward our battery. Well need to make sure we stay away from any hot components such as your vehicles exhaust or moving components like the vehicle suspension. The way I like to run it is following a factory wiring harness or the brake lines. This will give you a good attachment point to attach the wire to using the black zip ties included with the kit. Up here with the engine compartment weve ran our black wire and were ready to connect our fuse holder. Well cut the excess black wire and strip back the insulation. Well then use the other yellow butt connector and attach it to the black wire. We can then grab our fuse holder where well cut the wire and strip the insulation and attach that end to the other side of the butt connector. Now on the other side of our fuse holder, well strip the insulation back and install our yellow ring terminal. With that installed we can then undo the battery positive terminal and connect our ring terminal to it. With that done well take our blue 15-amp fuse and install it into our fuse holder which will complete the installation of the Tow Ready T1 Vehicle Wiring Harness, part number 118534 on our 2012 Chrysler Town & Country.