Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #30 – February 18, 2008, 06:52:34 AM put a big piece of heatshrink or electrical tape over it just in case. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #31 – February 18, 2008, 07:00:25 AM You'll find out where it goes, when you realize something doesn't work quite right. make sure all your lights and signals work. I'm sure that wire doesn't attach to anything like that, but you had a lot of wires pushed and hanging from that dash. Safety first. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #32 – February 18, 2008, 11:34:44 AM yeah, good idea! I'll tape it up and watch for missing features! Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #33 – February 18, 2008, 12:21:41 PM looks like its a jumper wire to the gray plug with the single purple wire Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #34 – February 18, 2008, 11:37:07 PM Quote from: booksix;204813Ok, I have this all back together... but I discovered a bare connector on the column that I never saw before... does it need to connect somewhere?!?That mister would be to loop right back into the connector it comes from. iT leads up to the steering wheel slip rings for the cruise control. anyone can confirm this by removing the lower steering column cover. I dont even have to think about it,, traced that whole circuit out till i saw parts in my sleep. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #35 – February 18, 2008, 11:40:16 PM Quote from: cougarman;204932looks like its a jumper wire to the gray plug with the single purple wireBINGO,, you have a good eye for holes:D Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #36 – February 18, 2008, 11:42:50 PM btw,, your freaking amazing sometimes. you dont mind taking on big projects do you? id hate to see what you consider a big job.If you dont have a working cruise or whatever,, i need a minor part on the servo up in the fender well driver side. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #37 – February 19, 2008, 10:55:04 AM LOL! Big? I'll have to get back to you on that one...Nah, I'll take on some "big" projects when I have a different daily driver. It's gets rough tearing apart the whole car on Friday knowing it has to be back together on Sunday! LOL I do it most weekends though... slowly chippin' away at it! I'll post threads when I do some bigger stuff! :DSo yeah, I did trace this wire up toward the slip rings but that's all the further I got. Why is there a need for a jumper? And is there a safe/factory place to stash this guy other than in a piece of tape?As for the CC, it doesn't currently work but only because I need a new cable. What part are you looking for? Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #38 – February 20, 2008, 02:06:45 AM Quote from: booksix;205067So yeah, I did trace this wire up toward the slip rings but that's all the further I got. Why is there a need for a jumper? And is there a safe/factory place to stash this guy other than in a piece of tape?As for the CC, it doesn't currently work but only because I need a new cable. What part are you looking for?well, i think you just figured out why your cruise does not operate. that loop back wire needs to do just that,, loop back. Why,, i dono but stuff it back in the hole. The slip rings are there to interconnect the electrical path from your cruise control switches on the steering wheel down to the cruise control amplifier that "was" bolted up under the dash to the left of the brake pedal.I need the clip that holds the cable to the servo located inside the fender well.AT this time, Ford says there is no known factory oem replacement and never was a part number for it ever. The lowest replaceable sub assembly was the servo. If your clip was bad, then you had to buy the servo. This was information i got from just one dealer in Charlotte NC.take a look at the electrical tech section where i posted up my cruise control problem which i finally solved. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #39 – February 20, 2008, 11:32:46 PM Well, I actually think the cruise doesn't work because the servo is sitting on a shelf... but we're all entitled to our opinions! :D I actually just need a new cable and it'l be working fine again. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #40 – February 20, 2008, 11:56:14 PM :D smart a$$:D If and when you decide to find a cable,, hook me up with a clip. You should see the one on yours,, thats what i need, the one on the servo.unless you wanna sell yours. that way when you bone yard hunt, you can get the clip and cable. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #41 – February 21, 2008, 11:44:11 AM Smart a$$?!?? hahaha, you know it! and I wouldn't have it any other way. :Dany random chance you have a pic of that clip? I'm probably gonna head to the bone yard within the next month to grab a grip of parts for the project you see below!! :D Otherwise, I'm sure I'll understand when I see it... also, i had an electrical question for you the other day but I forgot it... so be ready. anyway, here's the project (and yes, call me a copycat, but I still love this idea!!): Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #42 – March 06, 2008, 06:20:57 PM Quote from: tc²;203737Just little stuff... Wires for the trunk/gas release, auto dim, that blue brake thing on the drivers side, clock, headlight/antenna switches, etc. It wasn't too hard to figure out but it added some time.I don't remember if there's another connection behind the dash for the cluster. I just remember a big mess.Hey, that looks like my car. I should be installing mine at the same time. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #43 – March 06, 2008, 11:19:43 PM Nice... I love our dashes to death, I had to have an '85-'88 Bird just because of the dash, but an SN-95 nestled in there that looked stock would be sweet as well. Quote Selected
Complete dash removal - Help with connector! Reply #44 – March 07, 2008, 01:09:21 AM my god you are sick:flip: Why would anyone do this to themselves on purpose:hick: You da man,, some part of this needs to be a sticky espesially with the pics you have.My cruise clip pic is in the want to buy section called cruise control clip.Also detailed pics are in electrical tech under cruise control solved.thanks in advance if you can get to this because my fiirst and second lead on the clip fell through. Quote Selected
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