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Old May 25, 2011 | 05:44 PM
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So i found this in the passenger footwell above the tube that supplies the passenger vent with air..

Where is its counterpart?
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That looks just like the battery plugs I used to use for RC when I was a kid.
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By the color code it is hot and ground...may be an aftermarket hookup for radar detector..
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I doubt that is a Porsche connection. Can you trace the wires back wards?
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I am putting in a 88 kneepad and just found the same connector, it went to the glove box light/switch.
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Was the end just dangling like that?

I don't recall anything like that in my 69.
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Originally Posted by stevepaa
Was the end just dangling like that?

I don't recall anything like that in my 69.
After I unplugged it the switch/light it looked the same as the photo.
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Just happened to remove my lower dash today to work on some wiring and in my 92, it is a three prong connector for the gloxe box light
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