Gary2kC5
Full Member
After thrashing on my car for 4 days I'm ready to leave for Road America, the only thing left to do is install the brake controller and go pick up the trailer.
I install the controller with no problems and get the trailer. the controller is working fine and just like it did on the other truck. The dot lights up when the brakes are applied without the trailer and the numeric setting light up when the trailer is hooked up.
We set out for RA and have no issues during the 500 mile tow. No issues on Saturday towing to the track, towing back to the hotel, or towing back to the track on Sunday.
The controler is mounted just the other side of the steering wheel from the E-brake release, so it is not in my face; you have to look at it to see it.
Towing with the Av for the 1st time we had some excess tow chain length and bungee'd it up some. We disconnected the hook up during the weekend to raise the ball height a tad.
I discovered during our fuel stop on the way home that my son had bungee'd up the chains and the electrical cord together and the cord had pulled out from the socket.
I fixed the chains and seperated the cord. The trailer lights worked but the brake controller no longer lit up or seemed to apply the brakes. When I manually slide the bar on the controller the lights lit and the brakes applied.
Whats wrong
Now the dot (without the trailer) does not light unless the bar is moved and the same with the trailer hooked up.
I install the controller with no problems and get the trailer. the controller is working fine and just like it did on the other truck. The dot lights up when the brakes are applied without the trailer and the numeric setting light up when the trailer is hooked up.
We set out for RA and have no issues during the 500 mile tow. No issues on Saturday towing to the track, towing back to the hotel, or towing back to the track on Sunday.
The controler is mounted just the other side of the steering wheel from the E-brake release, so it is not in my face; you have to look at it to see it.
Towing with the Av for the 1st time we had some excess tow chain length and bungee'd it up some. We disconnected the hook up during the weekend to raise the ball height a tad.
I discovered during our fuel stop on the way home that my son had bungee'd up the chains and the electrical cord together and the cord had pulled out from the socket.
I fixed the chains and seperated the cord. The trailer lights worked but the brake controller no longer lit up or seemed to apply the brakes. When I manually slide the bar on the controller the lights lit and the brakes applied.
Whats wrong
Now the dot (without the trailer) does not light unless the bar is moved and the same with the trailer hooked up.
