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1969 Cutlass S....just noticed this 2 spade plug hanging below the dash the other day, tried to use the electrical diagram in my service manual to identify them, but had no luck. this plug is hanging down below the radio area, orange and pink wire. anyone? thanks a bunch, Rick
I am going to make a SWAG and say they are related to the speaker.
hmmmm, the car came with factory AM radio, the radio and dash speaker work fine. this electrical plug is part of harness that comes from fuse box, doesn't seem like it would be related to radio. dunno?
Power feed for a center console? I believe these connections were in the main harness of the dash, and only used if the car had the center console option.
1969 Cutlass S....just noticed this 2 spade plug hanging below the dash the other day, tried to use the electrical diagram in my service manual to identify them, but had no luck. this plug is hanging down below the radio area, orange and pink wire. anyone? thanks a bunch, Rick
It's nearly dead center in the wiring diagram in the 1969 CSM, directly below the lower RH corner of the fuse box. Trans kickdown switch with a pink wire feeding power and an orange wire running to the firewall connector (where it mates to the black/orange wire that runs to the trans).
Power feed for a center console? I believe these connections were in the main harness of the dash, and only used if the car had the center console option.
my car is an automatic with factory console. i believe everything works in the console (lighting, etc) but i will double check. thanks!
Power feed for a center console? I believe these connections were in the main harness of the dash, and only used if the car had the center console option.
interesting....very possible! so are you saying that there should be a pigtail over by the fuse box that this plug would mate with? the kickdown for the trans would be like the passing gear kick down? as you can see in the pic, this plug hanging down is on the right side of the steering column, and is part of dash harness, i don't think it would be long enough to route back towards the fuse box. thanks a bunch.
No, it isn't. The fact that it is directly where the kickdown switch mounts and is the correct color wires for the kickdown should tell you something. You should also check the console wiring diagram in Fig 12AA-28 in the 1969 CSM. There is no pink wire going to the console.
No, it isn't. The fact that it is directly where the kickdown switch mounts and is the correct color wires for the kickdown should tell you something. You should also check the console wiring diagram in Fig 12AA-28 in the 1969 CSM. There is no pink wire going to the console.
Joe, i think you are absolutely right about this...where am i going to find the kickdown switch located, near the firewall in that area? thanks again, Rick
UPDATE! i found this pic on another thread from a few years back concerning the kick down switch on a TH400..and THERE IT IS!! although id don't see the kick down switch when i refer back to my picture, guess i'll look at that when i get back to my car this evening (maybe my switch was removed?} thanks Joe for getting me focused on the right solution.
Last edited by razman427; October 30th, 2018 at 05:06 PM.
You apparently have a TH350 car, as evidenced by the kickdown cable attached to the accelerator in your first photo. Every harness has the kickdown wires built in. Your car doesn't need them, so ignore them. They should be taped up into the dash harness.
October 30th, 2018, 11:22 AM
