1987 GT - Mystery Plug

R82148V · May 26, 2020

Hello Everyone,

Today is my first day with StangNet. Thank you for having me.

I have a bit of a mystery.. There is a grey connector, not connected to anything and I cant seem to figure out what it would go to..
White single connector with (2) blk/wht wires to it.. It's located right by the ignition coil.
I attached a pic.

Any ideas?

Let me know of any questions.

Thank you for all your time!

Noobz347 · May 26, 2020

Welcome aboard!

Tip 1: Meaningful thread titles! - Oh wait... You did pretty good there so nevermind tip 1.

Tip 2: Post the year! - Yes, most of us can figure out that it's a Fox but I'd have to do more looking to pin down beyond that. I'll bet you know what it is though

R82148V · May 26, 2020

Hey Noobz..

Thanks for having me! Excited to be here for sure..
Post the year for tip #2? I thought I gave that in the title. hmmm..

Well it's a 1987 GT Convertible. 70k original miles.. 5 sp. 3.55 in the rear.. There are some more bolt-ons that I tried to match together instead of just bolting on..
Trying to stay practical and dependable but also have fun..

Any idea what that connector is?

Thanks!!!

kiddiccarus · May 26, 2020

Looks like the connector that goes to my hood bulb on my 95.

R82148V · May 27, 2020

kiddiccarus said:
Looks like the connector that goes to my hood bulb on my 95.

Hey Kc,
Yeah, it does look like that for sure.. Same style plug.. The hood light connector on an 87 is brown though and on the other side of the strut tower..

BlakeusMaximus · May 27, 2020

That's one of the plugs for a diagnostic connector. There should be a bigger brown one somewhere in there too. Its been a while since I had mine hooked up to a diagnostic reader.

Boostedpimp · May 27, 2020

yeah that's the smaller of the two diagnostic ports used for pulling codes... it's suppose to be like that

R82148V · May 27, 2020

There are (3) same looking plugs like the one in the above pic.. A brown connector that is for the hood light, A grey connector (STI) diagnostic port that goes with that bigger diagnostic connector and then there is this one in the pic.. The mystery connector is close to the coil and battery.. When I test it with a mulitmeter, it grounds out..

Boostedpimp · May 27, 2020

Their is your (VIP) diagnostic ports... the smaller one looks like the wire you posted. Other than that you would have a connector for your brake sensor switch which would plug in to brake master cylinder reservoir and the other would run to the windshield washer reservoir which I don't believe it would be.

R82148V · May 27, 2020

Boostedpimp said:
Their is your (VIP) diagnostic ports... the smaller one looks like the wire you posted. Other than that you would have a connector for your brake sensor switch which would plug in to brake master cylinder reservoir and the other would run to the windshield washer reservoir which I don't believe it would be.

Yes sir.. Those are the Diag ports for sure.. The mystery plug I'm talking about looks just like the diag plug, but the mystery one is not in that location.. It's between the ign coil and batt.. Here is another pic.

R82148V · May 27, 2020

SOLVED by Stangnet member Mustang 5L5!!! -------

it was the the windshield washer pump test connector. I did a little research and that is exactly what it is!
It should have 12v when the pump is activated. Thanks everyone for all your time.. !!!!!

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Boostedpimp · May 27, 2020

ah balls I knew that... well forgot about it but had that mystery a few years ago when I was doing a wire tuck and eventually figured it out.

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