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Posted by: Jmedeiros Jul 6 2013, 01:20 AM

I just crawled under the SMAWL1 to fix a kinked fuel line and when I pulled the belly pan off, I noticed that there were two wires (one brown & one some other color) hanging by the MC. There's a blade for a spade connector and another rubber cover on the MC (which appears to be pretty new). Any idea how the wires hook up to the MC??

Posted by: Jmedeiros Jul 6 2013, 01:40 AM

QUOTE(Jmedeiros @ Jul 6 2013, 12:20 AM)

Posted by: bulitt Jul 6 2013, 05:35 AM

If it has a single spade, leave the brown ground off. The rubber should be a reset switch.
heres a thread-

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=142287&hl=master++cylinder

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jul 6 2013, 01:10 PM

The wires should be brown/white, and plain brown.

Plain brown is always ground in these cars. Always--unless some previous mechanic or owner started replacing wires.

The original brake warning switch had two spade terminals on it. One of the two wires plugged into each of them. Some later switches only have the one terminal. The brown/white gets plugged into that; the ground is actually provided through the body of the master cylinder in those cases.

The rubber cover is covering the reset button. You may find that the brake warning light starts blinking when you plug that wire in (and the key is on). Just push the button and the light should go out--if the handbrake is not on.

Tape up the brown wire so it's out of the way. It can touch the chassis, because both the wire and the chassis are at ground. But don't cut it out because you may eventually replace the switch for the two-pin style somewhere down the road.

--DD

Posted by: Jmedeiros Jul 9 2013, 12:09 AM

Thanks guys!!