In European Vanagons this is the wire for the rear foglight.

The wire leads to the black box in the engine compartment. If you find the
same one there, test for continuity and you have the wire ready for
installation of the foglight.

Raimund

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian and Carol Megas" <bmegas@ISLAND.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:43 AM
Subject: gray/white wire behind fuse box

> I pulled my fuse box recently to install headlight relays which
> arrived recently from Frank Condelli (and yes, they make a huge
> improvement - thanks Frank). My Haynes manual doesn't show a
> loose wire hanging down behind the fusebox in our 86 Westy. The
> gray/white wire has a male connector on it and the connector is
> covered with a big yellow plastic cover. The metal looks like it
>  has never been connected to any terminal. I'm pretty sure I
> didn't pull this off any connection, but I'm not 100% sure.
> Could you members with a Bently manual and/or more wisdom enlighten me
> on what is the function of this wire, where it would normally go, etc?
> And wwhere would the other end of the wire be?
> cheers, Brian
>
> Brian, Carol, Thea, Deverelle and Kelsey Megas
>    Box 1051, Chemainus, BC,Canada, V0R 1K0
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