etrailer | Curt T-Connector Vehicle Wiring Harness Installation - 2021 Lincoln Nautilus

Click for more info and reviews of this CURT Custom Fit Vehicle Wiring: https://www.etrailer.com/Custom-Fit-V... Check out some similar Custom Fit Vehicle Wiring options: https://www.etrailer.com/fitguidet1.htm Search for other popular Lincoln Nautilus parts and accessories: https://www.etrailer.com/vehicle/2021... https://www.etrailer.com Don’t forget to subscribe!    / etrailertv   Full transcript: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-install-c... Hey, everybody. How is it going Today we're gonna be going over and showing you how to install the Curt T-Connector Trailer Wiring Harness here on a 2021 Lincoln Nautilus. Our trailer wiring harness is gonna simply transfer these signals from the vehicle to our trailer so we can let other motorists out in the road know what we're gonna be doing, allowing us to ride to our destination safe and sound. This is not only a security measure, it's also a legal requirement for towing in nearly every state. This kit here is gonna provide us with a 4-Way, also known as a 4-Pole Flat. That's the most common and standard type of trailer connector on the market, more than likely the one you're gonna need here for your Nautilus. This is gonna transfer all of your basic lighting functions such as the stop and turn signal circuits for either side as well as the running light circuit. Now, there's another trailer connector out there known as a 7-Way, that is still common here in the U.S., but this is only gonna be for those larger trailers that have electric brakes. If you do have one of those, you'll still need this, you'll just also need an adapter, but more than likely, you guys are just gonna need that smaller 4-Pole. So this is gonna have everything you need. Trailer connector on this particular kit is stored outside the vehicle, which is nice because it allows for nice, easy, convenient access. Now, with the kit, you're only gonna get away to secure it to the safety chain loop using the dust cap, which is perfectly fine. That's how we have ours secured here. But if you'd like to opt for a little bit more permanent installation, you can use a series of brackets which you can see over here, and we'll go over that a little bit more later in the video. Now, in regards to installation, this kit is gonna be plug and play. There's no splicing into the vehicle whatsoever, so you don't have to worry about damage in either factory wiring or voiding your warranty. The bulk of the installation is gonna be routing a wire from the rear of the vehicle all the way up to the front where our battery is. But aside from that, it's definitely something a do-it-yourselfer or a weekend warrior can do by themselves at home in a few hours, just depending on your experience level. Just common hand tools required, you will need a set of wire cutters and crimpers, which most of those are two-in-one tools, pretty cost effective. But aside from that, as we said, pretty easy, definitely something you guys should be able to do. We'll go ahead and walk you through the entire process now. So the first step of our installation, you need to open up the hatch on your tailgate here. Now, it doesn't matter what side you start on, but we do need to do this on both sides. We're gonna be removing our taillight. So you're gonna need a flathead screwdriver. Pry from the top there, remove that cover. And then inside there is a T20 Torx screw, go ahead and remove that. Kind of tricky to get out of there 'cause there's this little pocket. But then I'm actually just gonna pry out in a way just a little bit to loosen that up, and then I'm gonna come back from the backside there and I'm gonna be prying up. Now, some taillights are on there a little bit more than others. I like to do this to start. And you can see it's not really budging. So what I'm gonna do next is I'm gonna take a plastic trim panel tool, I'm gonna sneak it between the body and the taillight housing, and I'm gonna pry up to release that. Then we should just be able to push straight out here to release it like so. And now down here, sort of back behind the bumper, we're gonna have our electro connector you need to unplug. So there's gonna be a center tab there. You press that down and you pull out. So now once we get our taillight off, starting on the driver's side we're gonna take some sort of fish wire. A fish wire can represent a number of different things, such as a piece of airline tubing that we have here, a plumb bob or a wire coat hanger that you have unraveled. Basically what we're gonna do is we're gonna stick this back behind the bumper here in front of the body on the vehicle, and we're gonna fish this all the way down until we can find an open spot where it'll come out below. So here is where our piece of airline tubing came out sort of down here in this area. Where it's gonna come out is really gonna depend on wh