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supermanbidder Sun Jul 20, 2014 10:36 am

i have two wires under my rear seat area dont know where they might of gone to (seeing the car has been apart for two years ) they go into one connector thank tom

Government Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:41 pm

Mine went to a relay right in same location.

Also, of some importance... If your seatbelt slips down and touches that connector and say another close by connector... Sparks begin, leading to a discovery of something very much resembling tinder packed in under the seat springs, just begging to be lit by a spark.

I wrapped those connectors, and liquid taped a couple more. No more fireworks! And will be redoing upholstery when feasable due to fire hazard.

Your particular connections looks like an accessory wire that has been added for power to sumthin. Is there an in-line fuse down that wire? Usually that would denote alternative power source to be wired directly from battery or hot lead.

gt1953 Sun Jul 20, 2014 12:47 pm

It looks like red with black trace and red with black dash.
Attempt to trace them out if possible.

What year are you working on?

supermanbidder Sun Jul 20, 2014 1:12 pm

Its a 1976 bug sedan

sb001 Sun Jul 20, 2014 3:05 pm

As gt mentioned please trace those wires back from the connector and tell us where they go. Do they just terminate under the rear seat or does one go through the floor pan?



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