Greetings, All! My first post and I hope I'm not asking a stupid question. :) Well, here goes: My wife and I are about to purchase our first-ever Airstream: a 63 Flying Cloud. This is also our first camping vehicle, and the first trailer of any sort that we've owned. This makes us newbies of the most embarassing kind. I have a '96 Land Rover Discovery with the towing package (can tow up to 7,500 lbs in low gear, 5,500 in high). It has a factory hitch, and we've just had them install the "factory" (?) wiring kit. Potential complication #1: In '96, Land Rover was owned by BMW (it is now owned by Ford). The wiring receiver that is mounted under the bumper is a Bosch round black dealie with I think 7 pins in it. It is about 2" across. There is an adaptor that comes with it what brings it down to a flat, 4 pin that looks much more common to me. Question #1: Is this some bizarre European trailer hook up, or is this what is standard these days? Question #2: Does the 7 wire bosch plug-in mean that it is already wired for brakes? Does anyone know whether I'll still need to get what I think is called a "brake actuator", if I have a factory hitch and 7-pin setup? Question #3: The airstream we're purchasing is nearly 1,000 miles away from me. What kind of plug would IT have, if it is standard? I believe that it is also a 7 wire. True? Question #4: Does anyone have an idea whether there is some sort of adapter that I can get, if needed? Thanks very much in advance. You comments will help two people (and 3 dogs) have a happier, safer trip back across America. - Michael Matheny, Boulder, Colorado, USA (soon to be) '63 Flying Cloud. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original text from your reply.
