White.Lightning

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I was out messing with the car this morning and found these connectors taped up. It was like this when I bought the car. EGR and TCS have been deleted. The TCS module I have in the shed has a 2-pin hookup and does not match either of these plugs. The three pin plugs were plugged together.



And when you look at the plugs/connectors, here is what they look like



There is a male and female 3 pin, and a 5 pin.

Any thoughts? I was seeing if I could remove the connectors on these and tape the wires up so I don't have a big clunk of tape around a decent sized connector.

Thanks
Andy

conan

iTrader: (5)

The blue rubber male is for the egr. The one with purple looks like the mass air flow plug. Do you have a MAF or a SD tune? The female ???

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

MAF is hooked up

EGR is blue

So the two that are/were plugged together are in question

The Alchemist

iTrader: (19)

No clue what those 3-pin plugs are. I checked my engine bay, and I don't see anything like that.

slayerized6

iTrader: (12)

i think purple is for tcs. just see how far each wire extends and see how far it could go; it gives you an idea where a sensor was or soemthing

1Loudz28

iTrader: (47)

does ur car have the AC removed? if so, theyre for the AC

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

Well the a/c is removed but there is a 2 pin plug for that (not pictured). These 3 pin plugs were plugged together and taped up for some reason. I just can't thing for the life of my what they would have been used for.

And the purple one has to be from EGR because the TCS module has a 2 pin plug

conan

iTrader: (5)

I went and looked at my car when I made my first post and I have removed my egr/air/ac/. The blue one is for the egr. You are correct on the A/C its a 2 pin with a blue O ring. But that purple and the female I could not find on my car. My traction control/cruse has a 2 pin with a green O ring, brown and grey wire comming out of the cruse box and a grey and white wire in the harness. The only plug I can find on my car with the purple O ring is for the MAF.

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

Hmmmm. I wonder if this is this something that is 1998 car specific? I could look at my pin out assignments that I have printed out. And calculate by wire color, and try to trace it to the PCM.

One thing I want to try is have the car idling, unplug the two, and see if that makes a difference. If not, I might just remove the connectors and wrap the wires up all neat.

bonestock99

iTrader: (1)

My friends 99 T/A has that same plug it is a one owner car and he hasnt messed with it so I think its supposed to be there.

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

Was it plugged into something??? haha

bonestock99

iTrader: (1)

Yes the two 3-pin connectors are plugged into each other as they are in your first photo but we deleted his egr so the blue 5-pin plug is now just hangin out.

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

So I could theoretically solder all three of those wires together and lose the connector and still be good. I just don't see the point of that connector. If its meant to be plugged together, why even have the connector in there???

jlrz28

iTrader: (7)

You could solder them together but during your next mod you might be cutting wires and not remembering where they go!

Sam88Gta1

iTrader: (13)

That plug is an extension of the cam position harness.That was only on the 98-99 year f-body cars. It has to be connected.

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

Ding ding ding, I think we may have a winner. So could I solder these wires together then?

The Alchemist

iTrader: (19)

I would leave it be. All you need is to have an issue after doing that and then what? Off to the dealer to get the harness?

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

True. But nothing should happen if I solder the right wires to one another. It's basically taking the place of the connector no?

EDIT: Even if I take the connector apart and inline splice then with some spade connectors or something. I dont know

Sam88Gta1

iTrader: (13)

Take the connector apart ,clip the terminals back together ,solder them and heat shrink. Its a no brainer.

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

Good idea. Thanks.