engine and drivetrain Help Identifying Hanging Wires

[blastfamous]

Ok, so I am trying to deal with all the dangling wires throughout the car.  I followed a handful of dangling wires under the dash and it let to the item in the pic above the steering column.   What was its purpose?

 

Also, just in front the of relays in the engine bay there is a little box with a three pronged plug that is just hanging unattached to anything.  What went there?

 

Thanks!

[John_in_VA]

You don't mention what year car you have.  You can find wiring diagrams here:

http://www.2002tii.org/kb/246

[jgerock]

Hmm, that picture looks like you took it upside-down.  If your car has A/C, then I'm guessing it is one of the relays.

 

Here is the one in my car (clearly marked by a PO).

 

[blastfamous]

It's a '74 2002 base model. Yea it was me that was upside down with my head at the petals and my feet over the headrest when I took that pic.

But that definitely looks like that the item in question so I guess once upon a time the car did have A/C (it came with the non A/C console).

I may see if I can use that relay for the electric fan the PO wired because I didn't find a relay associated with the fan and when I attempted to ground the switch it blew a fuse. That's when I didn't see a relay for the fan.

Thanks for the responses!

[c.d.iesel]

hard to see all the wires and color coding - but i'd guess from what I can see it's the " hazard warning flasher unit " if you want conformation pull the relay down so we can actually see all the wires connected

[bnam]

Nope, not the AC relay.  The AC relay wiring is not part of the harness.  I think this is the seatbelt relay.  I have this on my car as well, but have not identified the exact relay on the wiring diag yet.

 

This is the Heater Blower Relay -- confirmed it on the BEHR install manual.  Not sure if it was part of the AC install or some cars came with this Relay (it is not on the Wiring diag).

 

Byas

Edited April 27, 2013 by bnam

[blastfamous]

Heater blower relay makes a lot of sense.  My heater blower currently is inoperable and the fact that the wires from this relay are just dangling down and not connected at least is one (if not the) reason why my blower is not working.  Thx

[Hokie09]

Haha I need to start a thread like this...my car probably has 12 connectors not hooked up to anything.  At least.