Connector Identification Help

[SandyJeepney]

99 Sahara - found this connector with a copper wire hanging out of it. I looked online but no luck identifying what it is.

Located on the drivers side footwell. Any ideas?

 

[chili_pepper]

99 Sahara - found this connector with a copper wire hanging out of it. I looked online but no luck identifying what it is.

Located on the drivers side footwell. Any ideas?

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My first guess would be the footwell courtesy light. Provided the fuse hasn't been pulled or a switch hasn't been added, lights in the footwell should illuminate when you open the doors.

You could cross reference the wire colors to the FSM for your year of TJ. Diagrams of all the plugs are also provided. You can download free PDF's in the Resource section of WTF...

STICKY Thread 'Jeep Wrangler TJ Factory Service Manuals (FSM) & Technical Documentation'

Apr 9, 2017

This post is for TJ documentation like Factory Service Manuals Etc..
A while back I was able to find the FSM for my 2006 TJ. I decided to look at the same website I have used to download FMS to see if I can find others. I hit the jackpot so I am sharing :beer-toast1:

Please if there are any issues or they are inaccurate let me know.

Thanks @UpperMI for the additional 2002 manuals

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[Rancho LJ]

If it's connected to the brake switch loom, it should be the harness for the clutch switch. If you have an auto it is unused.

I stressed out for a while when I put my dash back in after replacing my heater core when I found the same unused connector. I thought I left something stuck behind the dash. In FSM the wires are yellow/orange and blk. Here's what mine looks like.

 

[Rancho LJ]

Diagrams of all the plugs are also provided.

This is how I was able to identify it. The shapes for the connectors are distinctive and I was able to track it down in the FSM. I initially searched for yellow/red and couldn't come up with anything.

 

[chili_pepper]

If it's connected to the brake switch loom, it should be the harness for the clutch switch. If you have an auto it is unused.

I stressed out for a while when I put my dash back in after replacing my heater core when I found the same unused connector. I thought I left something stuck behind the dash. In FSM the wire are yellow/orange and blk. Here's what mine looks like.

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Or probably what this guy said.

 

[SandyJeepney]

My first guess would be the footwell courtesy light. Provided the fuse hasn't been pulled or a switch hasn't been added, lights in the footwell should illuminate when you open the doors.

You could cross reference the wire colors to the FSM for your year of TJ. Diagrams of all the plugs are also provided. You can download free PDF's in the Resource section of WTF...

STICKY Thread 'Jeep Wrangler TJ Factory Service Manuals (FSM) & Technical Documentation'

Apr 9, 2017

This post is for TJ documentation like Factory Service Manuals Etc..
A while back I was able to find the FSM for my 2006 TJ. I decided to look at the same website I have used to download FMS to see if I can find others. I hit the jackpot so I am sharing :beer-toast1:

Please if there are any issues or they are inaccurate let me know.

Thanks @UpperMI for the additional 2002 manuals

• JeepNWilly
• fsm maintenance manual owners manual pdf service manual shop manual
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Thank you, I’ll take another look but I don’t think they’re the courtesy light.

If it's connected to the brake switch loom, it should be the harness for the clutch switch. If you have an auto it is unused.

I stressed out for a while when I put my dash back in after replacing my heater core when I found the same unused connector. I thought I left something stuck behind the dash. In FSM the wires are yellow/orange and blk. Here's what mine looks like.

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I think you're right, used for the clutch switch. Its a manual so I guess I won't stress that something isn't plugged..

 

[mrblaine]

I think you're right, used for the clutch switch. Its a manual so I guess I won't stress that something isn't plugged..

Not for the clutch switch. It completes the circuit for the NSS when it is an auto and there is no clutch safety switch present.

 

[Rancho LJ]

Not for the clutch switch. It completes the circuit for the NSS when it is an auto and there is no clutch safety switch present.

This is what I found in FSM. Should it be connected to a mate if equipped with auto trans?

 

[mrblaine]

This is what I found in FSM. Should it be connected to a mate if equipped with auto trans?

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Yes

 

[mrblaine]

This is what I found in FSM. Should it be connected to a mate if equipped with auto trans?

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Easy to test. Unplug the connector on the clutch safety switch, plug it into the connector that is hanging there. If it starts without having to push in the clutch, you know what it is.

 

[Rancho LJ]

It's an auto trans. There's nothing to plug it into. Everything works as it should. Doesn't start when it's in gear.

 

[mrblaine]

It's an auto trans. There's nothing to plug it into. Everything works as it should. Doesn't start when it's in gear.

Can you check the color of the wires shown in the first picture please? I see a yellow with a red trace and a yellow solid or with an unknown color for the trace. What do you see?

 

[Rancho LJ]

One wire is black. The other is yellow with an orange stripe.

Edit: the second photo was posted by me.

 

[Rancho LJ]

Can you check the color of the wires shown in the first picture please? I see a yellow with a red trace and a yellow solid or with an unknown color for the trace. What do you see?

I think your request was directed at the op. The first photo was posted by @SandyJeepney.

 

[mrblaine]

I think your request was directed at the op. The first photo was posted by @SandyJeepney.

No, you're the one that hopped in and tried to make the TJ Unlimited wiring colors be the same as the 99. When I have done manual to auto swaps on the earlier ones, when you unplug the clutch safety switch, you have plug it into something to complete the NSS circuit. What you plug it into looks remarkably like the dangling connector in the first picture along with having the correct color for the 99 CSS of yellow with a red trace.

 

[Rancho LJ]

I apologize for my confusion.

 

[mrblaine]

I apologize for my confusion.

No worries, we all do it from time to time. Hopefully he will test it and find out if we are correct.