Myster male wiring connector
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Myster male wiring connector
Ok so I was trying to clean some stuff up under my hood and I ran accross this random male connector from the main harness. I honesty dont think I've ever seen it before haha so anyone know what it is and what it plugs into?
You need to go back to sex ed. class cause thats a female connector LOL.
It may be an unused one for your vehicle. Only way to know it to look a the color codes on the
wire and match it up with the connectors in the wiring diagram and see what is for. There are
a couple of connectors in that area that are just for MT and/or AT for instance. Same goes for
cruise control. Would need to know the year of the car as well to get the right diagrams.
They are all online at Foxed.ca .
It may be an unused one for your vehicle. Only way to know it to look a the color codes on the
wire and match it up with the connectors in the wiring diagram and see what is for. There are
a couple of connectors in that area that are just for MT and/or AT for instance. Same goes for
cruise control. Would need to know the year of the car as well to get the right diagrams.
They are all online at Foxed.ca .
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Thats a male. It has that annoyong a** clip that you gotta push down to get out of a female. I guess you never took sex ed "LOL"
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edit - Nevermind, looking at the pics, you have flat strut towers, so it isn't a series 3.
Either way, Mazda would make ONE wiring harness for all models, so there will be connectors that sit there dangling because they are unused. Unless maybe you bought a GSL-SE with power steering and an automatic, that might use everything...
Either way, Mazda would make ONE wiring harness for all models, so there will be connectors that sit there dangling because they are unused. Unless maybe you bought a GSL-SE with power steering and an automatic, that might use everything...
Last edited by peejay; Aug 22, 2016 at 01:01 PM.
look at the connectors inside to refer to the sex I guess and that one I think has female
1/4" sockets.
Anyway, its probably extra and not that critical if its still running ok.
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Male connectors have female pins and vice-versa.
Not only is this more stable, but female connectors are generally part of a component, and it is far easier to just have a flat blade of metal on a component, for both manufacture and assembly reasons.
The only time this really isn't the case is injector connectors... which all evolved from the original D-jet's connectors, where the wiring harness side WAS male with female pins. The design morphed after a while to stick a hood over the wiring harness side, to fit over the OUTside of the injector, sort of.
Not only is this more stable, but female connectors are generally part of a component, and it is far easier to just have a flat blade of metal on a component, for both manufacture and assembly reasons.
The only time this really isn't the case is injector connectors... which all evolved from the original D-jet's connectors, where the wiring harness side WAS male with female pins. The design morphed after a while to stick a hood over the wiring harness side, to fit over the OUTside of the injector, sort of.
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