I own a 1996 Explorer 2 DR Sport. I got my 2" ball setup on my bumper last night, and decided to solve the wiring harness issue this morning. Everywhere I went told me I needed the $50 wire harness with the wonky power-module dealie. These products require a wire feed to the battery. I decided against buying any of these whacky rigs, and instead went digging around inside my bumper to see what I could find.
Go figure - I found a pigtail up inside my bumper between the passenger side tail-light and the license plate. Here's a picture of it (click to enlarge)...
Searching these forums I found a thread from 2003 that said a plug-in adapter is available from Ford and other manufacturers, that converts this pigtail to the standard 4-flat plug. I ran down the street to Advanced Auto Parts and found a simple $15 Hoppy Harness (part #40915) that fits like a charm. On the Hoppy website, this part number is listed under Ford Explorer (with tow package). Here is the product link... http://www.trailerwiring.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?part=40915, and here is a photo of the package (click to enlarge)...
Now the question is, if I have this pigtail, does it mean I have the full tow package? Tranny cooler? Etc.? Or are ALL Explorers fitted with this pigtail?
Go figure - I found a pigtail up inside my bumper between the passenger side tail-light and the license plate. Here's a picture of it (click to enlarge)...
Searching these forums I found a thread from 2003 that said a plug-in adapter is available from Ford and other manufacturers, that converts this pigtail to the standard 4-flat plug. I ran down the street to Advanced Auto Parts and found a simple $15 Hoppy Harness (part #40915) that fits like a charm. On the Hoppy website, this part number is listed under Ford Explorer (with tow package). Here is the product link... http://www.trailerwiring.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?part=40915, and here is a photo of the package (click to enlarge)...
Now the question is, if I have this pigtail, does it mean I have the full tow package? Tranny cooler? Etc.? Or are ALL Explorers fitted with this pigtail?