An improved tractor-trailer communications and tracking system
retrofitting assembly, comprising an insulated wire, a flexible wire
sleeve, a sealed fuse box, a male connector and a female connector is
disclosed. The insulated wire has a length sufficient to at least span
the distance between the rear portion of a tractor cab or sleeper box and
the power line carrier filter. A first end of the insulated wire
terminates in first and second wire segments of roughly equal length. The
end portion of the first wire segment has a two-way female connector
electrically attached thereto and the second wire segment has a two-way
male connector electrically attached thereto. A third wire segment is
electrically attached to the female two-way connector at a first end and
to the male two-way connector at a second end.