M100 trailer harness length

[peter simundson]

I have to install the two cables.

Trailer harness and front cable.

Peter S

[SteveJ]

Hi Brian

I have one of the early m100 trailer cables before they wired them directly to the junction box. Plug end to plug end this one is 72". So less each plug end gives 62 " of main cable. Hopes this helps

[rob love]

Iltis trailer used 01-376-8919. I'll have to check the length of those. I have both trailers at home. I know though that the Iltis one was a little too short.....a minor jack knife while towing with my M38A1 ripped the plug apart.

Distance from the center of the hitch to the M38A1 plug is only 26" btw.

[rob love]

I checked my M100, which is a early release trailer from the 70s, and it's cable was around 76" long.

I checked my M100CDN2 trailer, but remembered that I had changed the cable to a longer one that is about 65" long.

I had a look at the various cables in one of my parts bins, and found that the one cable that had no US p/n tag on it, and had the old metal shells, was 48" long. Very possible it is the 21-112-5311 cable.

As I mentioned, in service, we put whatever worked for length. We did not have judges looking at our work for originality, or customers complaining that it was a foot too long. We also liked stuff to go out and stay out, rather than come back a month later with the same problem again. If the 48" cable seemed too short, we would put on a cable from the 3/4 ton M101.

[mel gabel]

Brian, I measured the cable on my trailer, which I bought from you, and it is 48".

[BCA]

Mel: so far 48" seems to be the length of the cable on several M100 trailers although ranges between 44" and well above 48" have been observed. So far I haven't been able to locate a 48" cable that has a number tag intact. The length I refer to is the length of the thick central cable, not including the plug or the terminal block&pigtails.