Black Blade
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Hello all, I hope I am posting in the right area..if not my apologies. My family has tent camped for many years and a few years ago bought an old tent trailer to "get up off the ground". It was fairly old and well used, but it suited our purpose at the time. We eventually grew weary of struggling with ill fitting door and other parts, so jumped on the chance to get a little trailer that is a 'hard body' style that just needs levelling.
It's a 1976 Rambler Peanut Model 1200. Its 13' long and supposed to sleep 4, but I can only see a bunk for 2 where the table folds down. I can't seem to find much in the way of info online for this model tho, so I am seeking any and all kinds of advice to help me out.
My 2002 Ford Winstar has been fitted with the flat four trailer light connector when I hooked up the old tent trailer, but this trailer has the 7 connector style. I bought an adapter to fix this, but simply plugging everything in does not do the trick...no lights. Other than the flat four connection, the adapter also has a white ground wire, a black 12 V wire, a yellow wire, and a blue electric brake wire. Not sure on where all these extra wires would connect up to the Winstar's system...
The trailer's bulbs are ok, checked them with a meter to be sure. I wonder if maybe a new round connector for the trailer would help...since maybe all the connectors in the socket could be corroded and give a bad connection?
The tires are really old also and I am going to replace all of them, after I get the wheel bolts off that is...WD40 has met its match here I'm afraid...lol. Might try some heat tomorrow. I originally planned on just replacing the tires, but that was before I found out it had electric brakes. I am pretty sure by the state of things that those brakes have been neglected and most likely need replacement, if any replacement parts can be found for something this old.
Should I worry about sway bars for this little trailer? It has the connectors on the tongue for them, but I can't imagine how to rig them up to the Winstar??
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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It's a 1976 Rambler Peanut Model 1200. Its 13' long and supposed to sleep 4, but I can only see a bunk for 2 where the table folds down. I can't seem to find much in the way of info online for this model tho, so I am seeking any and all kinds of advice to help me out.
My 2002 Ford Winstar has been fitted with the flat four trailer light connector when I hooked up the old tent trailer, but this trailer has the 7 connector style. I bought an adapter to fix this, but simply plugging everything in does not do the trick...no lights. Other than the flat four connection, the adapter also has a white ground wire, a black 12 V wire, a yellow wire, and a blue electric brake wire. Not sure on where all these extra wires would connect up to the Winstar's system...
The trailer's bulbs are ok, checked them with a meter to be sure. I wonder if maybe a new round connector for the trailer would help...since maybe all the connectors in the socket could be corroded and give a bad connection?
The tires are really old also and I am going to replace all of them, after I get the wheel bolts off that is...WD40 has met its match here I'm afraid...lol. Might try some heat tomorrow. I originally planned on just replacing the tires, but that was before I found out it had electric brakes. I am pretty sure by the state of things that those brakes have been neglected and most likely need replacement, if any replacement parts can be found for something this old.
Should I worry about sway bars for this little trailer? It has the connectors on the tongue for them, but I can't imagine how to rig them up to the Winstar??
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
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