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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:34 PM
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Hatch area wires??

Wondering what these plugs are for. On group has two plugs. Orane wire coming into it with a white wire going into a second plug which in turn has a ground wire. Another plug has a pink and white wire, white, and brown and white along with a ground wire. They are currently not hooked to anything and was wondering what they are for
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 06:41 PM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

Can you post pics of the wires for further clarification?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 07:08 PM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

I don't know how to. The wire are all by the hatch release. Looks like at one point in time they pluged into somthing. But I don't know what
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 02:01 AM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

You could at least provide what year and model car.
Regardless, it's not uncommon for harness plugs/wiring to exist where options were never added. Could be for a hatch light or pull down motor that was never installed.
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Old Oct 30, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

85 z28.
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 12:13 PM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

The orange, white & black group would most likely be for a hatch light the car never got. The pink/white would probably be for a hatch pull down motor. The rest may be for power hatch release if your car isn't equipped with it. That's the best guesses I have.
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 12:59 PM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

The lights make sence. I am sure they were there at one point of time. PO took out a lot of trim and stuff. The hatch pull down? Did they have that in 85. I do have poer release. It works
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 01:11 PM
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Re: Hatch area wires??

The pull-down wasn't around until 86... I really wouldn't want to guess what exactly they're for without a pic... Generally Orange is 12v constant, White is the domelight circuit, and Black is a ground. If the white wire is grounded anywhere in the car all the courtesy lights will come on. Orange is usually used as a power wire for those lights. There's a pretty good chance they're for a trunk compartment light.
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