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Old Jul 8, 2006 | 06:17 PM
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Hello, I'm working on 66 L79 and I'm re-wiring my dash area and putting my restored cluster back in the car. So far so good to a project that made me real nervous to tackle on my own. My question is: there is a capacitor mounted on the steering column brace, it has 2 wires coming out of it both ends are sleeved to indicate they slip into a plug of some sort, much like the amp gauge capacitor. Both wires are black indicating ground, but to what? These wires were disconnected when I got my car 3 years ago and I have not given them much thought up till now. I haven't had any luck going thru my AIM manual or poring over my exploded poster size schematic that I have for the car. Any input would be much appreciated. Regards, Marv

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What year is your car?
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Sorry for the lack of detail, I rephrased the question to include my year which is 66. Thanks
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That sounds like the capacitor that connects to the brake light switch. Each thin metal edge of your capacitor wire slips into one of the 2 brake switch wires.
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Check page F437 (UPC U69, sheet A5) for your AIM. Most of the capacitors in the dash/underdash area are radio (U69) related, and show up in that section of the AIM.
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62Jeff and Vark_wso thank you both. My AIM book only went to page 402 for some reason. I had another old one that I looked into and it went to page 437 and there was the info that I needed. This capacitor does go to the brake switch. Thanks again. Regards, Marv
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