It sounds to me like they are the wires for the low brake fluid warning
light.

Short them together and see what happens.

Then brown is an earth.

Phill Lander

http://www.ozemail.com.au/~pjlander/volkswagen_syncro.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: Budd Premack <BPREMACK@WAVETECH.NET>
To: Syncro List <Syncro@onelist.com>; Vanagon List
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 4:18 PM
Subject: [Syncro] Syncro Differential Lock Switch Wire

>
> In my continuing effort to identify an orphan wire on my 86 Syncro, I have
> narrowed my search to to the differential lock switch.  Since my van came
> originally with a diff lock, but has since had the tranny rebuilt without
> the diff lock, I can't tell if the orphan wire was originally connected to
> the diff lock.
>
> The wire is actually two wires in a black sleeve that end in a female
> connector.  One wire is brown, the other is brown with a blue stripe on
each
> side.  The wire emerges from the main wiring harness near the accelerator
> cable at the front of the engine compartment.  It is about 2 feet long,
> which is long enough to reach the diff lock.
>
> Can anyone with a Syncro please check that wire, or anything else that
seems
> likely, and let me know if my hunch is correct.
>
> Alternately, could I just jump the two wires together and see if the
> indicator light on the dash panel lights up?  (That would be the easy way,
> wouldn't it?)
>
> Budd Premack
> 86 Syncro, 73 Super
> Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky-Blue Waters)
>
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