I m trying to install a trailer light kit that plugs into the factory taillight harness so that I will not have to cut up the factory harness . Problem is that I can't get the tail light harness plug apart to install it . Is there a trick to it or a tool that is needed ? I was pulling hard enough that I worried that it was going to break so though i should ask .



https://www.etrailer.com/Custom_Fit_...ha/118313.html that is what I am trying to install .

 

I am sure there is a locking mechanism to the plug there always is. And once you get a little screwdriver in there and pry on the locking mechanism it will break, they always do.

 

Yup that is typically what happens . The tabs seems pretty tough but its old plastic and probably brittle . It has a tab on both sides and is pretty hard to get at to pull on . Was hoping there was a way to avoid breaking the tabs .

 

Sometimes you can slightly open them up enough to clear. But not the end of the world if they break. Connector will stay together by itself.

 

Photo of the connector ?

 

Got it done without breaking to much of it . I cut a couple small pieces of plastic from the hang tag for a single socket and filed them down . Pried up the tabs carefully and wedged them open . Pulled right apart . Did break one side of one of the clips but better than how it typically goes .

I noticed while checking the trucks lights that the drivers side turn signal is a good bit slower than the passenger side . It is the same speed for one or two blinks then slows down . Not sure if it was like that before but i don't think the trailer light harness would cause that .The left side dash indicator has been burnt out for years, would that have anything to do with it ? I have new bulbs but can't get the head light and washer ***** off to get the gauge cluster bezel off . I looked up how to do it and they are not built the same way it seems . There is no clip on the washer **** and no button to release the head light switch or a clip that I can find .