In my continuing effort to identify an orphan wire on my 86 Syncro, I have narrowed my search to to the differential lock switch. Since my van came originally with a diff lock, but has since had the tranny rebuilt without the diff lock, I can't tell if the orphan wire was originally connected to the diff lock. The wire is actually two wires in a black sleeve that end in a female connector. One wire is brown, the other is brown with a blue stripe on each side. The wire emerges from the main wiring harness near the accelerator cable at the front of the engine compartment. It is about 2 feet long, which is long enough to reach the diff lock. Can anyone with a Syncro please check that wire, or anything else that seems likely, and let me know if my hunch is correct. Alternately, could I just jump the two wires together and see if the indicator light on the dash panel lights up? (That would be the easy way, wouldn't it?) Budd Premack 86 Syncro, 73 Super Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky-Blue Waters) |
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