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Subject:Re: mystery connector coming off rear heater circuit on my '84
From:jimt
Date:Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:29:58 -0700

On 1/13/05 2:06 PM, "tolga" <tolga@MAC.COM> wrote:

> Hello there,
> Still wondering what this connector is for.  Anyone with an '84 (or
> maybe it's on other years too) know or willing to take a look?
> 
> In reassembling my dash after doing the blower motor and headlamp
> relays on my '84 1.9L I discovered an orphaned connector that I can't
> recall if was connected to anything or originally alone.
> 
> It's a black wire with a single male spade in a VW plastic plug/housing
> (p/n 161 971 976), the wire come off the fuse box on the end closest to
> the steering column.  It orginates on a 2 fuse panel to the right of my
> row of relays, ie not with the rest of the regular fuses.  The wire
> splits off from a green wire with a yellow stripe (if memory serves me
> correctly) that connects to the rear heater switch in the dash.
> 
> Thanks!
> Tolga
> 
> 
The only thing I know of that used that two fuse add on piece is the booster
heater.  Do you have a BA6 heater underneath?  One fuse went to the heater
unit and another went to a electrical unit behind the glove box.

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