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No tranny cooler experience yet, but buy the biggest plate style you can - max capacity is best. Also tap into back-up light wiring in rear if wanted. Then you need to run a single wire from controller to your 6 or 7 pin socket, left side of car, tucking under carpet trim. If installing brake controller, you need to tap into the brake light switch wire over brake pedal (make sure you have the switched wire - not hot wire). Go real easy prying up plastic trunk liner panels.
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Get a T-One plug in wiring kit, even if more $$ than univeral style. Torque to 68 ft-lb, or other if directed by hitch mfr. Lift left side up, inesrt 3 bolts loosely. Pull off the rear exhaust hangar (bar pulls out of lower rubber mount hole), slide hitch in from the rear over exhaust, loosely insert one bolt in rear hole. Hitch is a snap - try-fit it first for accurate hole location (see my posting today re Curt). A spade lug will fit on these pins (most are 0.250 wide), the smallest commercial spade lug available is 0.110 wide, and will fit snuggly.ġ) generic wiring kit (like Drawtite 18130, or 99-04 Odyssey custom kit 118336)ġ) crimp the above spade lugs to car end of wire kitĢ) for extra protection apply a small piece of heat shrink tubing to exposed section of spade lugsġ) Pull out the weather-strip at the rear trim panel (fig 1)Ģ) Remove the 2 anchor bolts (cargo net holder) from panel in 3rd row seat well (fig 1)Ĥ) Pull out the weather-strip at the passenger side rear side trim panel (fig 2)ĥ) Remove the anchor bolt near the top of the side panel (fig 2)Ħ) Gently pull out on the rear side panel to release the two clips (fig 2)ħ) Gently pull out the rear side panel (fig 3)Ĩ)Ĝonnect 5 wires to junction box trailer wire connector port (fig 4)ĩ) Secure trailer wire kit to existing harness with tie wraps
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However, the individual pins on the factor provided connector are the same as on the 99-04 Odyssey (about 0.080 wide). I could not find a commercial connector that would plug into the factory provided connector. Here is Do It Yourself instructions for option #3 This is powered unit (draws car battery power to power trailers with lots of lights)Ģ) splice a generic wiring kit (like Drawtite 18130) into taillight harnessģ) build custom connection to plug into factory provided hitch connector The only options currently available are ġ) purchase Honda wiring kit ($180). However, despite the 3rd generation being on the market for 2+ years, I could not find any hitch manufacturer offering a direct connect kit (2nd and 3rd generations use a different factory installed connector). The hitch wiring for 3rd generation Odyssey is supposed to be a simple plug and play connection, like it is on the 2nd generation Odyssey since Drawtite provides a direct connect wiring kit (#118336). DIY (05-07) TRAILER HITCH WIRING INSTRUCTIONS