Jeep Wranger flat tow plan, thoughts?
I’ve pretty much narrowed down our plan for flat towing our 2011 Jeep Wrangler JKU. My thought it is to purchase the following items; Ready Brute Elite Tow Bar RB-9080 Ready Brute Tow Bar Clevi...
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FunTwoDrv wrote:
On question 2, the brake lights on our 2014 do not come on when the pedle is pressed. I suspect that is due to the Hopkins wireing harness...I believe it has diodes to prevent this.
Gary
Gary,
First, have you actually pressed the brake pedal when your Jeep is parked and there's no key in the ignition to see if the brake lights come on? The reason I ask is, I too have the Hopkins 56200 wiring harness in our '15 JKUR and, while it does exactly what it's supposed to do, in terms of controlling the motorhomes light signals going to the Jeep, it DOES NOTHING in preventing the Jeeps brake lights from coming on when the pedal is stepped on, while parked and no key in the ignition. This is specifically why I'll use the M & G braking system when I get ready to set it up for toad braking.
And, your thoughts of "diodes" to prevent the brake lights from being activated by the Jeeps brake pedal while being towed, can't work. You see, if there was any form of diodes placed in line with the brake lights of the Jeep, that somehow would PREVENT the Jeeps brake light signal from being sent to the Jeeps brake lights while being towed, it would also mean the same diodes would prevent the same brake light signal AND TURN SIGNALS ('cause they're on the same circuit) from being sent to the Jeeps brake lights when BEING DRIVEN TOO! This because, the harness is not changed in any way, when the coach is hooked up or not. Hope I've explained this right.
Scott
