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Old Sep 7, 2022 | 06:40 AM
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Hello, 1985 4+3 disaster rehab of a car. Under the driver side dash and the majority of the wiring is hacked up for what may have been an old alarm system. There is alot spliced or not connected. Here, the spade connector looks like a ground but I don't know what these other two are. These are on the drivers side hanging under the cluster/column


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Cruise control flat plug goes into the square connector with white tab.

Do your Hazard lights or directionals blink because the other looks like a timer plug
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Cruise control flat plug goes into the square connector with white tab.

Do your Hazard lights or directionals blink because the other looks like a timer plug
Hazards work, I just replaced the flasher for the directionals so they work now that was on the passenger side behind the breadbox.
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Since all the other plugs you are showing are Cruise, that might be a Cruise disconnect switch wire on the clutch pedal or possibly on brake pedal
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The connector @ your 'index finger' looks to be an early CSS (Clutch Safety Switch) connector. That would be from the switch. Wire colors are?
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The connector @ your 'index finger' looks to be an early CSS (Clutch Safety Switch) connector. That would be from the harness in the car. The CSS would have a mating connector. Wire colors are?
That makes sense, as the car can be started without the clutch depressed. I'll see if I can find where it plugs in.
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That makes sense, as the car can be started without the clutch depressed. I'll see if I can find where it plugs in.
Do you have the FSM? What are the wire colors.


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Originally Posted by WVZR-1
Do you have the FSM? What are the wire colors.
The connector on the right is 3 blues, a green and pink. Center is black (duh) left is black/black.

I do have the fsm

There's also this heavy green/yellow that is jumped out:

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The jumper is CSS to the body harness 'jumped'. The first one in your 1st post is from the switch with likely 2 black wires. I fixed post #5.
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I was suspecting the Clutch Switch but since he Didn't mention a bypass all that wiring was connected and functioning, OP anytime you have Creative wiring its kind of important to mention. Because all you needed to do is look up and trace 4" to clutch switch
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