Canadian 10cwt Trailer rebuild

[Jordan Baker]

Sorry Luigi.

I don't have any info on the tool box or document holder. Other then the pictures in the later manual. Hopefully someone else out there has the info and can share it.


I'm currently trying to figure out the wiring diagram for the trailer.

It appears to use three of the wires coming off the trailer plug. The red one is the ground. One is used for the brake light and another is used to power both the tail lights and convoy light. The brake light wire (black) seems to go directly to the brake light and also splits off to the trailer socket. The other lights are powered by a single wire (green) going to the toggle switch. It is an on/off/on switch. Power in goes to the common middle terminal. Power out to the convoy light (green) comes from the left switch terminal (as seen in diagram) and appears to only go to the convoy light. Power out to the tail lights (green) comes from the right switch terminal (as seen in diagram) and goes to both tail lights. There is also another wire (green) that goes direct to the trailer socket. Lastly it appears there is a ground wire (red) from the trailer socket to frame.

Am I correct in reading that power for the convoy light goes no further then the trailer and doesn't go to the trailer socket? To me this doesn't make sense. What makes more sense is that the single wire (green) from the right side of switch to trailer socket should actually be coming from the common switch terminal and going to the trailer socket. This would would provide the power to the socket for the next trailer's convoy and tail lights.

Any thoughts on this are welcome.

[Jordan Baker]

All new brake lines have been made up and installed.

[Jordan Baker]

I have also been busy working on the electrical system for the tail,stop, and convoy lights. I decided while I'm at it to re-wire all of the CMP lights so that they each have brand new wiring. I have used as many of the original fittings as possible.

[Bob Carriere]

Right in the text of the manual......

The trailer can ONLY be plugged in when towed by a 5CWT vehicle..... does it mean JEEP?? if it does, I would not expect a Jeep to pull more than one trailer at a time.....

The para "Note".....Seems to indicate that the CMP did not have suitable trailer receptacle.

However, what you say makes sense and it would not be the first time a manual was wrong in the wiring instructions.

[Bob Carriere]

I found some 1156 LED lights on Ebay at a $1.00 each that will fit easily in the steel tubes....both in red and white.

Cheers

[Jordan Baker]

New floor is almost done construction. I also made all new hat channels to replace the rotten out ones.

[Jordan Baker]

Took advantage of the nice warm and slightly humid weather the other day and got my floor all painted in POR15 and the tie coat primer. Yesterday morning when i got home from nights, I painted on the KG#3.

One thing I realized that I shoudl have done when building the new floor was to bolt down the main supports to the chassis frame and then tack welded on the floor. What I found was that by not doing this a couple of the bolt holes were out a bit and wouldn't line up with the holes on the frame. Thankfully it was nothing that a slightly oversized drill bit couldn't fix. Live and learn for the next one.

I anticipate by this afternoon I will have the trailer fully rebuilt.

[Barry Churcher]

Jordan, will we see this at Aquino?

[Jordan Baker]

Rob, when I actually sat down to wire it up it all clicked in my head. The wires for the two tail lights go direct to one side terminal of the switch. The convoy light goes direct to the other side terminal of the switch. Power in from the towing vehicle goes to the middle common terminal. A wire also goes from the middle terminal to the TL screw on the trailer socket. The black brake light wire goes direct to the BL screw on the socket. The single brake light on the trailer wires up to the BL screw.

Yes Barry the trailer will be at Aquino. I have something for you as well for your trailer.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Am I correct in reading that power for the convoy light goes no further then the trailer and doesn't go to the trailer socket? To me this doesn't make sense. What makes more sense is that the single wire (green) from the right side of switch to trailer socket should actually be coming from the common switch terminal and going to the trailer socket. This would would provide the power to the socket for the next trailer's convoy and tail lights.

Any thoughts on this are welcome.

Jordan

The description and the wiring diagram make it clear that power goes to the center terminal of the switch, and also leaves the center terminal to the trailer's receptacle so the next trailer can also have the choice of convoy or tail lights. Not sure how you read it any different. When I blow up the page, I can see the wire leaving from the center of the switch.