What is this connector near the battery - '70 Charger?

[Coelacanth]

That would be easy...if my car had a battery. It hasn't run in about 13 years and I'm just reassembling everything after it got done with body & paint.

 

[The Rebel]

I don't see it as being for the fender lights either. They connect to the headlight harness.

You'll see in the 2nd picture the main wire where all the other connectors split off.

 

[Coelacanth]

The plot thickens. Here's a better pic showing the connector in relation to the engine bay and harness, showing how far forward it is. I can see a single similar connector (not in this picture) showing the single prong hood indicator connector, wrapped around for safekeeping near the firewall bulkhead connectors. Should there be two single prong connectors, one for each hood indicator pigtail? My car's hood lights never worked from the day I bought it, and one lens assembly was completely missing.

Starting to wonder if the mystery connector was mis-wrapped by the previous owner after running it all the way forward...weird. I'd prefer to avoid unwrapping that whole harness to see what's going on, but until I connect a battery, I won't know what that connector by the battery tray does.

 

[Gary Gaz]

I wonder if its part of light package, for under hood light?

 

[eldubb440]

fender tag security device

 

[Coelacanth]

Well, I confirmed the two hood indicator connectors are accounted for by the firewall in their expected location, so the mystery connector remains a mystery.

 

[Bird 426]

When you get power to it, see if it is hot with the ignition switch or lights. If it is hot with the switch, you may want to strip the wrap back and see if it is spliced in. Way back when, a lot of people had a single white light on the front grille of their cars. I do not remember the significance of it. To remember someone or thinking that light was for safety, I just don't remember. Maybe your wire was for that light.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Refuses to install battery.. So that everyone can play this guessing game.

 

[Coelacanth]

Refuses to install battery.. So that everyone can play this guessing game.

I don't have a top-post battery at this time. If you want to act like an ***, please refrain from commenting. Far be it for me to ask what a connector in an odd location is for, that may never have had anything connected to it.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

I don't have a top-post battery at this time. If you want to act like an ***, please refrain from commenting. Far be it for me to ask what a connector in an odd location is for, that may never have had anything connected to it.

Not being an ***... Chill my man chill.

 

[Coelacanth]

At the end of the day, even if I had a battery to connect, this connector is still a mystery, because it's not for sidemarkers, park lights or hood indicator lights. Connecting a battery and randomly turning stuff on to see what juices it is not a logical way to determine its function...and if it is indeed a fender-mounted indicator connector--which seems most likely--nothing would light it up anyway. Not to mention I bet every one of us has looked at something in their cars and found something mysterious. We've all played a guessing game at some point.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

At the end of the day, even if I had a battery to connect, this connector is still a mystery, because it's not for sidemarkers, park lights or hood indicator lights. Connecting a battery and randomly turning stuff on to see what juices it is not a logical way to determine its function...and if it is indeed a fender-mounted indicator connector--which seems most likely--nothing would light it up anyway. Not to mention I bet every one of us has looked at something in their cars and found something mysterious. We've all played a guessing game at some point.

Initiating acting like an *** mode: Pretty much giving you an EASY way to figure out what it is.. But I'm being the ***.

The fender mounted turn signals only have one wire and are grounded through the body of the turn signal. Sticking a test light into the connector and grounding the wire from the test light would in fact work if you turned on the left hand turn signal. Its not randomly turning stuff on. Its turning on the most likely candidate in the wiring harness by flipping the left turn signal on.. Sorry that's way too overwhelming for you. I'm done, figure it out the logical way buy unraveling the entire harness to see where it comes from and where it goes..

 

[Coelacanth]

After I clearly stated I had no battery, and you replied that I "refused to connect a battery", that's when you initiated *** mode. Glad you're done here. Cheers.

 

[BeepBeepRR]

Good luck with the mystery wire. Maybe call this show.

 

[Jam72]

Looks like hideaway headlight motor connector (on my 72 Charger)

 

[Gary Gaz]

Looks like hideaway headlight motor connector (on my 72 Charger)

Its only on drivers side. and its on a 69 Plymouth harness too,

 

[Coelacanth]

I asked my mechanic buddy who owns a '71 Charger, showing him the photo, and he said some B-bodies had a "stupid headlight wiper system". I did some research and found a road test vid for a '71 Charger that mentions the option, at the 59 second mark. It seems like a very uncommon feature, but I can't find anything showing what the connector might look like for that.



Btw, this is a 2-wire single contact round connector; the pop-up headlight motor connector is a 2-contact rectangular connector, and everything up front on my car is all accounted for.

So yeah, connecting a battery would've really solved this mystery, if this is indeed a remnant of a rare headlight wiper option that my car never had.

 

[RemCharger]

I remember seeing one as a kid, it was a 70/71 300 or imperial .. I believe

 

[Coelacanth]

Cool, I figure some of the more luxury models would've had the option, but I never heard of it until today.

 

[Snook]

Windshield washer pump motor connection?

Chuck (snook)