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Old Aug 26, 2020 | 12:13 PM
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1971 convertable with AC
My connector to the relay was fried and I am installing a new relay and connector.

I am trying to find out which wire goes on each terminal.
The upper left is #2
The upper right is #3
The middle Is #1
The bottom one is #5
Any help on which color wire goes on each terminal would be appreciated
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I hope this helps! Courtesy of Willcox Corvette!


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From what I can see:
Orange wire goes to #1
Dk Blue to #2
Purple to #3
Blk to #5
Is that correct?
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Should be correct
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I see the Orange Purple and Dark Blue wire. Any idea what the other (maybe tan() line goes to?
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Make sure you get that plug tight on the relay. They get loose heat up and you won’t know.
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Originally Posted by 71stingrayvette
I see the Orange Purple and Dark Blue wire. Any idea what the other (maybe tan() line goes to?
You should have 2 orange wires, 1 is 12 ga. that feeds 12v to the high speed relay from the horn relay via a 30 amp inline fuse. The other orange wire is an 18 ga. that goes to the anti-dieseling relay. They are both crimped together at the high speed relay connector.



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