Just for info, if for some reason you have to replace the towing plug on your van. Get a good one…….

So somehow the 12v feed for the fridge on my van plug got pushed into the housing a bit. No probs I though I’ll order one off eBay, which I did and fitted it. While it was apart I noticed that wire had overheated due to it arcing to the car and had melted a bit as it shorted to another pin….. tidied it all up and put the new plug on.

The new plug has done the same and pushed that pin back, again. Cheapie off eBay. Looking at the socket, the respective hole has some slight melting around it from the arcing, which is probably now stopping that pin a little, it will go in but not every time. I’m going to get the socket swapped out at the place which fitted the towbar but a quick fettle with a Stanley knife will remove the problem plastic. I don’t know which problem occurred first or how it happened.

So now that cheap plug is also bust I’ve invested £15 in a hella one and another £15 in a Jaeger one. So I can see which is the best. The Hella has arrived and is a much better designed thing. Looks robust and there is plenty of plastic behind the pins. So I will fit that and Keep the Jaeger as a spare when it arrives.

The moral as always is buy better buy once. Avoid the internet bargain ones. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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