Do you plan on keeping the camper for a few years? IMHO do it right, do it once. Looking at the picture that's a ridiculous way the factory did that. If it were mine, I would cut the umbilical where the black sheathing is stripped from the 7 wires. Pull the wires you just cut out of the way while still connected to the studs. Strip the outer sheathing of the new umbilical the same distance as the original. You will need a socket or nutdriver that fits the studs, a GOOD QUALITY wire stripper and a crimping tool. This is not the place to cheap out and grab a tool from the dollar bin. Same thing with the ring terminals. Go to HD or Lowes and get good terminals. Don’t buy the 50 pack from Amazon or Ebay.
Now, ONE WIRE AT A TIME, disconnect a wires frome one stud. Cut the ring terminal off. Strip back the wire insulation the appropriate length for the ring terminal and crimp the terminal on, one for each wire (the umbilical and the trailer wire). After crimping on the new ring terminal give it a good tug. It should not slide or come off the wire. Reinstall that wire and move to the next.
In my opinion splicing the wires together with butt splices or God forbid wire nuts is just inviting a future problem. Don't add another 14 wires under questionable connections, especially when you are depending on those connections to stop tons of trailer and being visible to other drivers.
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Marshall
2012 Laredo 303 TG
2010 F250 LT Super Cab, long bed, 4X4, 6.4 Turbo Diesel
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