My guess would be that it was for a hot start relay.
Are there any other dead end wires there?
My friends '85 has a relay socket back there with some OEM
looking wires. Pretty sure it was for a hot start relay.
Pic showing my guesses as to what those wires were for

http://tinyurl.com/jy8eh8w

Neil.

On 6/1/16, email99@bellsouth.net <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> I have a question about starter solenoid wiring on an '86 AT full
> Westy.   This has air conditioning but does not have an auxiliary battery.

> The other is a Red w/White stripe of somewhat smaller size that I can't
> find in the wiring diagram.  Does anyone know what this does?
>
>
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