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Old Nov 22, 2009 | 09:21 PM
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Under the shifter console,drivers side... There is a good size female plug with three wires.Brown,green and yellow. Only problem nowhere to plug it in. The car is an automatic. Wish I had my camera while I was there.. Doesn't seem to be a show stopper, we are just wondering

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Old Nov 23, 2009 | 08:21 AM
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Under the shifter console,drivers side... There is a good size female plug with three wires.Brown,green and yellow. Only problem nowhere to plug it in. The car is an automatic. Wish I had my camera while I was there.. Doesn't seem to be a show stopper, we are just wondering

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Sounds like the choke relay plug wiring. There is no place to plug it in, a square relay plugs onto the end. It buzzes during a failure so someone probably just ripped it out to make it quiet. That is my guess anyway. I also seem to recall another plug down there in my 80 that sort of just hangs out, I think it was for some option or something mine does not have, like power seats or power mirrors. That plug lives up closer to the front (Toward front of car) of the center console area. The choke relay wiring is on the drivers side just to the left of the shifter, as you are sitting in the car looking down.
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Old Nov 23, 2009 | 08:34 AM
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looked at a wireing diagram for you and i see that the a/c and heater switch connection has 3 wires that plug into the temp control in yor center consol.

wires are
black-light green
brown
yellow

could this be the connector you are talking about

here are some wiring diagrams for you

http://www.nrjvette.com/johdotukset/...tte%201980.pdf
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Old Nov 23, 2009 | 09:27 PM
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Ya we did plug in the a/c heater control and thank you for the wiring diagram. I will send that to him..... It could be for a buzzer or options he doesn't have... Like I said not a show stopper we buttoned everything thing up ............. Thanks
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