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Posted by: jsayre914 Oct 29 2009, 10:09 AM

where does the brown wire comming out of the loom right near the aar go? it has a single female spade connector on the end. the lable fell off this wire or i forgot to lable it. i dont see anywhere to connect it

i am so close

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Oct 29 2009, 10:14 AM

attach everything else and see whats left. But Brown is usually a ground wire.

Usually.

I bet that it grounds to the case. Find a 1.8 wire diagram in your haynes manual and trace it out.
Zach

Posted by: 7275914911 Oct 29 2009, 10:21 AM

IIRC

The LJet has a ground wire connection on case under plenum on passenger side. Seems like there are two ground wires that go here. I also had a single ground wire that went to the case up by the coil. This ground wire is still being used eventho I am now running 40idf's.

Good Luck....another commonly overlooked wire is the resistor pack for the injectors on the 1.8

KP

Posted by: r_towle Oct 29 2009, 07:18 PM

Post a pic...I will go look.

Rich

Posted by: Dave_Darling Oct 29 2009, 09:51 PM

Is it actually brown, or is it white or yellow that is faded and dirty?

--DD

Posted by: Dr Evil Oct 29 2009, 10:23 PM

Pic

Posted by: jsayre914 Oct 29 2009, 10:43 PM

pics

the wire is from the loom going to the black tester block thingy. not sure where this wire should go, not sure what the hell that black square thing is.

i am learning as i go.

it is starting to look like an engine now

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Posted by: type47 Oct 30 2009, 02:14 AM

Looks like that block is part of the connection to the dual relay.... You should check out the electrical schematic

Posted by: 7275914911 Oct 30 2009, 06:05 AM

QUOTE(jsayre914 @ Oct 29 2009, 11:43 PM)

pics

the wire is from the loom going to the black tester block thingy. not sure where this wire should go, not sure what the hell that black square thing is.

i am learning as i go.

it is starting to look like an engine now

Brown wire in first pic is grounded by coil on my car.
Second pic looks like half of the Duel Relay which is rear firewall in my car.

Good Luck

Posted by: charliew Oct 30 2009, 12:47 PM

On my 75-1.8 it is plugged on a tab that looks like part of the cooling shroud. It is visible looking in over the battery side back toward the tranny flange just barely out from under the intake plenum where the tubes hook on. There seems to also be a white wire also plugged on to a tab next to the brown wire.

Posted by: jsayre914 Oct 30 2009, 03:05 PM

so i will attach it to ground. and we shall see.

on another note...

can you hook the dual relay wrong, it seems the wire pinout on the left and the right are slightly different, and either way i plug them (only 2 ways) a wire in the pinout does not have a mate on the other slot.

anyone got a pic. or can you tell if this is backwards?

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