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SOLVED: What are these connectors on my 90 Bronco II?


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Have some connectors unplugged with no wires dangling for an idea what they are. One is in the engine compartment next to the harness with light blue wires. Appears to go to VSS based on a manual 89 so I grabbed that cable but mine has dark green/white and orange wires on its vss connector with slightly different clip points although it is the same two pin connector. Then I have a brown connector with orange/black wire underneath the dash by the parking brake pedal and further up and Grey two pin connector also with nothing attached. Is this normal or is my vehicle missing 3 connections?
 

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Thank You so much! So the RABS I can ignore. Do you know where the Grey connector is supposed to be connected to? And am I right in thinking I should send the engine bay wire light blue to the transfer case and just use my original end with the dark green/white and orange wires on the end of it?
 

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The colors are gonna be different but the pinout on the cruise box will be the same. That 4 pin gray is where the trans speed sensor iirc.
 

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I have a '90 CA spec Bronco II that has functioning cruise control and also has a couple of non-connected 'dangling' connectors that I have no idea what they are for. Yet everything works. Could these have something to do with the 4 wheel drive systems? Mine is a 2WD.
 

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An update for those who may be interested. The harness under the dash is not used on the 1990 Bii but Ford used the same harness to attach the remaining connections that the 90 does use. The grey connector on an 89 leads to the left side of the instrument panel under the headlight knob and would have controlled the rear defroster and rear windshield wiper which the 1990 oddly enough did not have.

Then on 89s there is the connector in the engine bay mounted on the driver side fender wall. This connector goes to something on the front of the transfer case for this year which IS NOT on the 1990. It is similar to the vss connector but is slotted to lock differently. No idea why the 89 has something to connect(nor what it is) between the trans and the transfer case while also having the same vss setup on the backside of the case but the 90 only has the vss.

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Thanks for updating the thread.
 

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