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Random, Unknown Wire Under Dash

I have a 1987 Firebird 5.7 TPI and I noticed this wire hanging underneath the dash on the driver's side. It appears to be a factory wire, but I can't figure out what it connects to. I tried tracing the other end of the wire to see what it connects to, but it's buried up in the dash somewhere and I can't get access to it. I initially though it may have been for the radio, but there's an aftermarket radio in the car and I don't notice any loose wires.

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as what it could be for?
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Not factory. The factory never used anything remotely like that.

Who knows. It's for some aftermarket thing that was pink.

Looks almost like coax with a pink outer. No idea what add-on might have used such cable.

Regardless, not factory. Follow it and see where it goes. Odds are, you'll find a remote start, car alarm, SiriusXM receiver, etc.
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Re: Random, Unknown Wire Under Dash

I need to see a better Image of the Terminal that is on that Wire.

GM/ Packard Electric/ Delphi used Terminals like that for the Electrical Connectors that would make contact with the Sheet/ Printed-Circuits for the Instrument Panel Clusters in our Cars.

Example shown below:



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That looks machine terminated or whoever did it was very skilled. My guess is it's from the gauge cluster. Why it's not with its friends and just hanging like that, not telling. These are Delphi PC edge board terminals used on the cluster connectors...

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Re: Random, Unknown Wire Under Dash

Whatever is not working; that's what the wire goes to LOL!...
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Re: Random, Unknown Wire Under Dash

Looks like it might be the PINK wire that was originally installed in the BLACK plug for the original radio. This would be battery voltage OUT of the radio TO the Power Antenna Relay; used to turn on the relay to extend the antenna.

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Re: Random, Unknown Wire Under Dash

Sorry, looked to me like coax with the inner formed into a loop. I see now that it's not that.

So yes, possibly a factory radio wire.
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