hi all, just wondering where this wire goes as you see in the pic its the one beside my thumb the other wires in the pic go to the ciggie lighter, this wire is running off the small loom along with the ciggie lighter wires, and has a very small connector head.

the wire is grey in colour and i cant remember where it goes any help would be a great help.

 

hmm looks like a - connection for something

 

Good luck mate..............

I posted this up about 3 years ago! When I first got my Escort!

Still have no idea what it is, I thought it MAY have something to do with the vecta alarm fitted as standard

 

fair enough m8 ill just tape it up and leave well enough alone....

 

What I would say fella is get that shitty alarm removed ASAP (Just spotted the cylinder in you're pics!) as it'll give you problems somewhere down the line!

 

will do m8 its on the list of things to do

 

Thats the wire for the light on the side of the Cigerette lighter

 

grey with a yellow tracer are usually for interiour lighting, whether it be switches or the dash itself, power the lights up then check for power.
just looked at the pic again and actually that is for the light on the ciggy lighter surround is the bulb and holder on the outside of the barrel?

steve

 

is it i had a gud look last nite and there is just 2 connectors for the ciggie lighter

 

cheers guys ill have a proper look tonight

 

From memory that wire is brown (looks dirty in the picture about halfway down).....

 

Yip- bang on the money, as it Paul!

 

the light holder is black and sits on the outside of the lighter barrel, it just clips on so my guess it has fell off or been taken off in the past, any mondeo or escort one, etc will fit.

steve

 

Ive got an exact stray wire and connector!

My ciggy is all conected up and the barrel is lit, yet i still have this stray

My bet its something to do with the vecta, so i taped it up and left it.

 

It isn't for the ash tray illumination is it? Can't remember if my Escos has this without checking - but the Sierra definately did and that was a grey and yellow wire seperate from the cigarette lighter.

 

nope,ashtray ones are small guage wires

 

you can see the ashtray light just above the vectra barrel (grey/yellow and seperate brown earth), the unknown connector is deffo for the ciggy lighter light it has no earth as it earths through the body of the lighter.


steve

 

It is this 100%

 

Its part of the fcuking Vecta alarm!


WHY YOU NO WRISSEN!


I thought it was something to do with the lighter surround but thats all working fine - that picture looks lower because he's pulled it out to take the picture, otherwise it would be mounted up near the centre vents!

 

Its defo part of interior illumination. I use to use that coloured wire to wire in the illumination for car stereos etc so the lights on them would dip when i turned headlights on .

My money is on Cig lighter illumination also

 

FFS it is the ciggy lighter illumination wire end of....



DO I NEED TO SHOUT!!!!!!!

STEVE

 

what??????

 

i was stressed at the time lol



steve

 

i have a stray wire just like this as well if i remember correctly when i took out my centre console out of my ST esc cos(so no VECTA) AND ALL the lights work on the ciggy lighter/dash etc etc!!...its also the same colour AS the ciggy lighter light feed,so i was thinking its an extra feed for some extra you may want to fit later on,or maybe even a feed for the heated seat switch lights(thats if they light up?).......

 

There are two bulbs behind the centre console, one in the side of the cig lighter and one and bit higher up the illuminate the ashtray when it opens

 

How the hell does that connect Paul............ I could never work out how to attach it, so left it hanging!

 

Found my picture.................PLEASE NOTE - This is nowhere near the fucking ashtray!



I still beleive its something to do with the Vecta alarm, as I volt tested it as I assumed it was also for illumination but no current when lights were switched on!