Fitting a Towbar to a v6-24

[strapping young lad]

hello

i want to fit a towbar to mine, its 1999 model auto

towsure.co.uk doesnt list the galant at all

anyone here got suggestions and prices?

cheers

d

[Gly]

sorry, no sugestions for the towbar,

but if your gonna tow, get a trans-cooler.

[Funkstar]

Hey Dyfed. We use this company in work http://www.towbarwarehouse.co.uk/default.htm . They do a towbar for almost every car I know. Click on "Witter towbar price list" and enter from there.

Pob lwc.

Deion

[strapping young lad]

whats a transcooler?....

deion diolch

will have a look

dyf.

[strapping young lad]

the one for mine is 150 quid

now to find a fitter ;)

[richy rich]

the one for mine is 150 quid

now to find a fitter ;)
we can fit it for you

[richy rich]

whats a transcooler?....

Transmission cooler

this is will help keep the atf from cooking under heavy load.

[psbarham]

the towbar is a peice of pi$$ to fit , mine took me about 3/4 hr including the wiring , as for the transmission cooler , mine has never even attempted to get warm even when i was towing a 1 1/4 tonne wood chipper at a few mph over the legal limit

[strapping young lad]

so its not that necessary to fit the cooler then?

no i dont own a caravan, but ive a small trailer which will be using to shift logs and hardcore to the tip which is 2miles away

btw with regards to the wiring of the electrics.. to where do you wire it to? is there a plug or do you have to patch up to the existing loom?

[richy rich]

on that type of use no you dont need a transcooler

[psbarham]

just connect the wiring with some scotch locks onto the existing loom or solder them , and like Richy says you definitely don't need a cooler for that work , and as long as you are sensible you shouldn't need one for the odd longer run with a heavier trailer :2thumbsup

[strapping young lad]

hi guys i need some info/help here

got the towbar fitted tonight.. what a palaver!
had to remove the lights/bumper/boot trim etc! and the bloody exhaust was in the way too.

anyway onto the electrics. we didnt do this tonight cos we couldnt find the main harness and the 7 core isnt very long.

all we could think of doing was wiring onto one set of lights which run into one cluster and another wire off that into the other lights for the indicator.

unless someone here knows where the main loom is to save time? (getting a longer 7 core isnt a problem)

[Gly]

just wire it to your lights, its fine to do it that way

[strapping young lad]

cool but the 7 core is only long enough to reach one cluster not the other.


i guess a separate wire needs running to the other indicator then yes?


i wont be mounting the dash led either.

[Nick VR4]

i guess a separate wire needs running to the other indicator then yes?




Yes to the other indicator

[Subaru ETA]

yeah i fit towbars all the time for work. just wire into the closest light then run 1 wire to the other for the indicator. its how the pros do it!

[strapping young lad]

towbar fitted (took 3 hours) remove bumper and lights and the innards of the boot, plus trying to get the bolts above the exhaust was fun :(

wired up today by an auto electrician shop.. 20 quid later and im ready :)