Changing broken 13pin euro plug 

Thanks for sharing - Gave me the confidence to have a go. It was much easier than I thought and took about an hour to quietly and calmly change the plug.

Well done Martin, that was a good job done well. You seem to have a natural ability to make an awkward job look straightforward, logical and easy. Keep up the good work and posting. Enjoy your trip

Thanks, this was a great help and gave me the confidence to take the job on. I also found details of the wire colours in the caravan handbook so I photocopied this page and it gave me a ready made checklist. I should have listened to your suncream advice - I had my shirt off and now I’ve got a back like a lobster!

It's great to see videos on useful jobs to do on Caravans with someone who obviously knows what there doing or if you don't work it out and explain succinctly how it is done. All to often I've had work done by NCC approved workshops and they either forgot to do it, or poor shoddy work, I've even had damage, found screws in the carpet, and charged a fortune..

Thanks Martin, now know where to come when or if I need to change my socket, good video, hope you didn’t get sunburned🌞👍

Another great little video to help us fumble fisted types. Good tip to write it all down. I’ve had to change the socket on the car a couple of times, they get filthy, and it’s the same principle but very much more difficult to get to. But you can lay down on the job!! 😄👍🏻 keep em coming, Trev.

Nice video, no mucking about, just straight to the point.

Another great how to Martin. Hopefully I'll never have to do it though! Looking forward to seeing your summer adventures too. ~ Rich

Playing catch up today , great film I’m sure it will come in handy at some point well done

Job well done have a nice holiday looking forward to your videos 😎

I know where to come if mine ever needs changing. Great Film Martin. Phil👍😀

I didn’t know how to do it or if there were any special things to avoid. So I followed your instructions and blew the 12v fuse cos pin 9 was live. I hadn’t seen a wiring diagram so I didn’t think anything connecting to the vehicle would be live. Cheers

Hi Martin, working thru your videos. Really helpful demonstration making it easy job to do ourselves 👍 cheers Rob

Great video again Martin, you make it look easy and I know it's not. Enjoy your time away mate ;))

Got me out of a pickle with the insight from this vid.. cheers pal... subbed 👍🏻😎

Another excellent video. Really enjoyable to watch. Regards, Michael

Thanks Martin, great info.

Enjoyed the video Martin and useful know. What I have experienced is a neighbour had his twist when off so the plug did not align with the socket. Not sure how he got around that although I have seem a simple tool to rectify it on FB but for the life of me I cannot find one. Thanks again.

Nice video, I had to do the reverse and change the plug to a 13 pin.

keep the diy fix it video coming, nice one

Thanks, worked a treat

Very good information thank you.

Thanks the video was very helpful.

Hi Martin, just playing catch up on your older vids. Reccomend that you get a green cap for your plug. It will help protect from the element also a bungee to kepp the cable out of the way when towing and storing. Regards Mike

Another great video, very useful, the Fridge and interior lights, stopped working on the van shortly after we had it serviced. Fridge and lights etc work off the 12v battery but not when plugged into the 13pin on the car. Checked fuses and Going to trouble shoot through the manual; if that fails will look at replacing the 13pin socket. Was it expensive?

Thanks. I have to change mine and you've made it look simple. Do I need to isolate the caravan power from the leisure battery in any way? Is there power going to any of the cables in the connector you changed please?

This is a fiddly job with so many cores to control. The makers of your old plug were cheap to use steel screws instead of brass. Must have saved them nearly a penny! @4:25 - tricky to get the wires through - I would cut the wires back to the sheath, makes threading the grommet etc easy. Then cut away the sheath (outer and inners), lengths like before, to expose a new length of cores. Reveals fresh uncorroded copper for better connections too. Pull an extra 2" from inside the van to make it up. @4:50 - silicone grease is the way to go; it deters water too.

Had same problem but all what you need to do is unscrew the front part and screw the new one back on. You don’t need to do all rewiring.

Well done! It looks like a very fiddly job! I can wire a house plug socket no problem but this looks tricky but I would attempt it if it saved quick a bit of money. How long would you say it took you from start to finish?

HI EVERY ONE I FOUND OUT WHAT THE ELECTRIC GEASE IS CALLED ITS ,, DIELECTRIC GEASE ONLY GREASE YOU CAN PUT ON ELECTRIC TERMANALS ANY SORT AND YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE PINS TO DOES NOT AFECT THE ELECTRICS ,, OK ALL HOPE THIS HELPS

when i plug any thing between the car and some thing else , one do a propper job just jokeing about tape . i do what you do bud , but i all so put gease on the temminals .... the wire up end ... not the plug in pins and then spray wd 40 on the pins and case stops water getting in . behind the bolt on plug in i grease that becouse you do not tuch that

Spot the deliberate mistake with the rubber grommet

For some reason I have 9 and 10 reversed and the same with 11 and 13. Why is this?

Martin, again very brave, (electricity gives me the creeps? wiring ahhhhh? don't know what am doing?) actually very good, confident way about you, when doing something, thats great. Tell me, when testing that fitting! plugging up the van and checking the lights? all worked , fine, but what about the other connections? IE== 13 Pin Euro Trailer Wiring Diagram Pin No. Wire colour Trailer light Function 1 Yellow Left Indicator 2 Blue Fog light 3 White Earth 4 Green Right Indicator 5 Brown Right tail / side Light 6 Red Brake / Stop Light 7 Black Left tail / side Light 8 Pink Reversing Light 9 Orange 12v Permanent power for Battery 10 Grey 12v Ignition on Battery charging or Fridge 11 White/Black Earth for Terminal 10 12 White/Blue NOT usually used (you said this?) 13 White/Red Earth for Terminal 9 How would you test for all these?

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Big mistake. Pin 9 will be live! 12v. You will blow a fuse when you pull the wires through the old plug. Disconnect the caravan battery first.

Gave you a thumbs down. Only reason I'm on here is to learn how to take the plug apart, you did that in a half a nano second. I rewound many times but still couldn't tell how. A classic "you just pull it off" well mine doesn't just pull off. As John Wayne once said " yer hear how fast I'm talking, well that's how fast I'm listening" "yer can do it once slowly, or 10 times quickly"