It's like Brasil under the hood!

Ral · Post by **Ral** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:44 pm

Four single females to one single male! I'm just curious what these plugs are for?

Female no. 1 comes out of a bundle of three plugs, two of which are connected to .. (is that the alternator?):

no. 2 just lies there in the middle all the way at the front:

no. 3 is on the driverside in the corner behind the front light:

no. 4 is under the windscreen right in the middle and is really a socket, not a plug:

The one male plug is at the passenger side in the corner near the wing mirror:

So what are these plugs doing not being in use? Sorry if this is all basic car knowledge, just getting started on all that and inquiring minds want to know.

Murf · Post by **Murf** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 4:56 pm

a top tip for 480's electrics:
if it works just leave it alone, dont ask questions or try to reason, just leave it!

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:47 pm

3 will be accompanied by '5' behind the other light. Just ignore them...i don't remember the other 3 but i'm sure theres nothing amiss.

/John is off to Brazil

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:22 pm

JohnTurbo wrote:/John is off to Brazil

With 'Four single females to one single male!' I'm flying out now!

Ral · Post by **Ral** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 9:47 am

Hrmph. Fixing pc's for a living has made me used to seeing loose connectors dangling about, but at least I knew what they were for. I wanna know

Ah well, one day...

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:24 am

martinholmesuk wrote:
JohnTurbo wrote:/John is off to Brazil
With 'Four single females to one single male!' I'm flying out now!

funny thing about brazil is that most of the girls started as boys
(you STILL want flight times holmesy!!!??)

rgrds
rob

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:50 am

Think I'll pass on that

I'm a MSUILF anyways lol

robkendall · Post by **robkendall** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 1:15 pm

martinholmesuk wrote:I'm a MSUILF anyways lol

FILMSU?
FLUSIM?
SLIMUF?
FISLUM?
FLUMSI?

AH-HA!!

MILFUS!!!

LOL
ROB

martinholmesuk · Post by **martinholmesuk** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:50 pm

Never looked at it like that! Groomus gave me the name.

strangegame · Post by **strangegame** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:00 pm

on last picture. the connector is for the under bonnet light , just found that out

Ral · Post by **Ral** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:12 pm

Dude.. Never seen a light under the bonnet, would never have thought of one being there either to be honest. Cool though

strangegame · Post by **strangegame** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:27 am

looks like this,dont realy see the point either. but may come in handy one day.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/s ... 6_1426.jpg

parvez · Post by **parvez** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:12 am

Uhm

After owning my car for 16 months I actually stumbled upon this engine bay light earlier this morning to my great surprise.

Otherwise I've long ago given up on trying to find out what all the loose connectors and plugs I find all around the car might be for. There are so many loose wires but all buttons and lights seem to kick off some functions so I am simply afraid to start exploring.

Apparently I'm not the only one................

fely · Post by **fely** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:41 pm

these cars come with a standardized cabletree. Premade to hook up optional parts later on. Like airco, frontlight wipers, electric windows..

the socket near the windscreen ist just the result of using 1 plastic mold for all of their ignition coils. there is no actual electronic in it for those pins.

MrE · Post by **MrE** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:12 am

Hi Ral, i think i know what some of the plugs are for;

1st pic - on my k plate ES i think that plug went to the lamda sensor before i put an earlier loom in.
2nd pic - I think this is to do with the air con
3rd pic - this is the screen wash level plug. Some people remove the plug as the level light flashes annoyingly when your screen wash gets low!
4th pic - A spare port in the coil which i have never seen used.
5th pic - I believe this is probably a diagnostic port for the car loom.

You'll find other little brown wires unplugged by the alternator and by the main ecu in the right hand corner of the driver foot well. These are plugged together when the car is plugged in to a diagnostic machine i believe. They should be left unplugged any other time....

Hope that helps
Regards, Edd