Wiring information for '06 Matrix
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From: Jerry Avins on 6 Sep 2006 21:43 I need to install a trailer light power converter, and it would be a great help if I knew where I could get access to most of the wires in one place. (I'll have to run a hot wire to the battery, but I can hack that.) Is there a place I can get a wiring diagram without buying a service manual from the dealer? Are there third-party manuals available? TIA Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
From: DB on 6 Sep 2006 23:05 Did mine a couple months ago. All of the wires were easily accessible from the two small hatches in the corners. I found the installation instructions on a T-Connector website very helpful. Here is the color code info: Factory harness colours are: passenger side green/yellow stripe : green (right blinker) drivers side green/yellow stripe : yellow (left blinker) solid green : brown (headlights) green/white stripe : red (brakes) white/black stripe : brown (ground) If you use the ground wire, when you use your blinkers with a trailer hooked up, your dash lights will blink 2 or 3 times until the relay catches up. "Jerry Avins" <jya(a)ieee.org> wrote in message news:g5CdnVK8o57y5GLZnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d(a)rcn.net... >I need to install a trailer light power converter, and it would be a great >help if I knew where I could get access to most of the wires in one place. >(I'll have to run a hot wire to the battery, but I can hack that.) Is there >a place I can get a wiring diagram without buying a service manual from the >dealer? Are there third-party manuals available? > > TIA > > Jerry > -- > Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. > ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
From: Ray O on 6 Sep 2006 23:35 "Jerry Avins" <jya(a)ieee.org> wrote in message news:g5CdnVK8o57y5GLZnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d(a)rcn.net... >I need to install a trailer light power converter, and it would be a great >help if I knew where I could get access to most of the wires in one place. >(I'll have to run a hot wire to the battery, but I can hack that.) Is there >a place I can get a wiring diagram without buying a service manual from the >dealer? Are there third-party manuals available? > > TIA > > Jerry > -- > Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. > ????? For $10/day, you can get online access to the factory service manuals, wiring diagrams, etc. at techinfo.toyota.com. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply)
From: Jerry Avins on 6 Sep 2006 23:55 Ray O wrote: > "Jerry Avins" <jya(a)ieee.org> wrote in message > news:g5CdnVK8o57y5GLZnZ2dnUVZ_sydnZ2d(a)rcn.net... >> I need to install a trailer light power converter, and it would be a great >> help if I knew where I could get access to most of the wires in one place. >> (I'll have to run a hot wire to the battery, but I can hack that.) Is there >> a place I can get a wiring diagram without buying a service manual from the >> dealer? Are there third-party manuals available? >> >> TIA >> >> Jerry >> -- >> Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. >> ????? > For $10/day, you can get online access to the factory service manuals, > wiring diagrams, etc. at techinfo.toyota.com. Thanks. I might do that, but DB's information is probably enough. I was hoping to find a break-out location that had all the cinnections in the same place so I don't need to run wires across the cargo area. Maybe I'll run them under the floor by drilling through. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
From: Jerry Avins on 7 Sep 2006 00:05
DB wrote: > Did mine a couple months ago. All of the wires were easily accessible from > the two small hatches in the corners. I found the installation instructions > on a T-Connector website very helpful. > > Here is the color code info: > Factory harness colours are: > > passenger side > green/yellow stripe : green (right blinker) > > drivers side > green/yellow stripe : yellow (left blinker) > solid green : brown (headlights) What I call tail lights, no? > green/white stripe : red (brakes) > white/black stripe : brown (ground) Also brown? In my trailer harness, it's white. The trailer was a kit that came in 3 50-lb boxes. It's powder painted and bolted together. There's no indication in the assembly instructions that any scraping needs to be done, and the instructions say to use the frame as ground. I've been there too many times. I ran a ground wire all around. As far as I'm concerned, the hitch ball can ground the frame. Or not. Thanks. The color codes will make installation much easier. There's a "power converter" that goes between the car's wires and the trailer's. It takes power from the battery and uses the car's wires as low-power signals to drive the outputs. I could have built one, but I'm getting lazy in my old age. I'm thinking of adding a back-up light, but that can come later. Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? |