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Imafordguy · Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 189 Location: Eugene Or.

So I pulled the center console out of my 81 na. I am always so happy to find wires taped up and or together with duct tape.

So Ihave a bit of a mess to clean up. Its all straight forward except for one little problem. I know it aint right and disconnected it but I gotta know where it is suppose to go. What I am talking about is a orange wire with copper blade connector which comes out of factory wiring loom, so it is factory. The reason it is a mystery to me is it was plugged into a ground blade on the back of the heater/defrost controls. I have searched haynes wiring diagrams. Can't find any orange wires near there.

Also I am going to tap a ground to the fastner thats behind the speaker in the center of the dash... Where esle should I run auxiliary ground wires to besides the console and instrument cluster?
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81 Porsche 924
84 Porsche 944(parting it)
66 Ford f100
66 AC cobra kit car(major project)
64 ford f100 (429 SCJ)
62 Studebaker golden hawk gt
61 baja bug (with bad opel 1.8, looking at ford 2.3 turbo to flovo)

924aussie · Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:23 pm Post subject:

Are you sure it is orange and not just the bit you are looking at. Ie someone may have spliced into the loom and didnt have the right colour so extended the original colour with orange.

Alan
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green 924 .. 1980 rego 924PSH
1998 Mopar Neon ... sick
2003 Challenger / Montery 4WD
1995 Hyundai Scoupe ... sold
1998 Nissan Silvia ... sons back from OS he has taken it
BIG BLOODY MOTORHOME 300zx Sold
1980 Fire truck Sold

Imafordguy · Joined: 06 Dec 2009 Posts: 189 Location: Eugene Or.

This is definently a factory wire. It heads into a bunch of wire that is wraped with that white medical looking tape. It heads toward the glovebox(LHD car) and even follows the wires to the glovebox when it splits off that larger set of wires. I just unwrapped the 4 inches that was taped of the set of wires to the glovebox light, that orange wire doubles back on its self almost at the end of its wrapping and heads back into that larger loom...
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81 Porsche 924
84 Porsche 944(parting it)
66 Ford f100
66 AC cobra kit car(major project)
64 ford f100 (429 SCJ)
62 Studebaker golden hawk gt
61 baja bug (with bad opel 1.8, looking at ford 2.3 turbo to flovo)