If it's the male spade connector under the latch and next to the battery,
it's a grounding point. All ground wires are typically black so clean up
those two wires to determine their color or cut in to the harness to
determine their color. When I re-wired my TR6 with Dan's harness, I seem to
recall that spade connector as having two ground wires on it.
Bob Danielson
1975 TR6
http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 8:41 AM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Mystery wires
Hi all - I have a '76 TR6 that was restored by the prior owner about 4 years
ago. Under the hood, to the right of the hood release latch bracket, there
is a male spade connector that appears to be soldered or screwed to the
sheet metal. The connector was painted when the engine compartment was
repainted, and it still has paint on it. I found, tucked up in the wiring
harness, two wires (can't determine the colors because of overspray)
connected to a single female spade connector. I assume this is some sort of
a ground. All electrical components of the vehicle seem to be working
properly with this disconnected. Does anyone know what these two wires do?
Am I correct that as long as there's no voltage/current on that wire with
the ignition key off that it would be safe to reconnect?
Thanks,
'76 TR6
Steve Hiller
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