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Old 02-04-2015, 01:41 PM
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These wires are near the battery

 

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The black one looks like the connector for the auxilary power socket
 
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I see nowhere where these could be plugged in???
 
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For the isolation relay during shipping, I suspect. (It is for the S-Type.)
 
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Flux capacitor plug.
Please do not exceed 88 mph until you see a dealer.
 
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I think puddled & JagV8 both get coconuts, the flux capacitor is unlikely.
 
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I was wondering the same thing about these two unconnected wires near the battery when I replaced it recently.
(Glad to know it's not only my car!)
Could they be for connecting to brake lights on a trailer, as the auto parts guy speculated?
Major Tom to Earth Control...doesn't anybody know?
 
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Old 03-11-2015, 02:55 AM
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Take some trim panels off various parts of the car and you'll find more unused connectors. Start a large thread about them.

NOOOOOO, don't!
 
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Originally Posted by Brettl
These wires are near the battery

The three way connector with the cap is for the optional auxiliary power socket for the boot, so you can run a coolbox, charge a power pack, or light a cigarette whilst changing a flat.
 
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[QUOTE=andrew lowe;1180459]The three way connector with the cap is for the optional auxiliary power socket for the boot....

Now there's a Scholar and a Gentleman!
 
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Originally Posted by JagV8
For the isolation relay during shipping, I suspect. (It is for the S-Type.)
Originally Posted by puddled
The black one looks like the connector for the auxilary power socket
Originally Posted by NashvilleXJ8
Now there's a Scholar and a Gentleman!
Are these not gents too?
 

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Originally Posted by Norri
Are these not gents too?
I think Nashvillexj8 was referring to the fact the three way connector was wearing a cap.
 
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JagV8 is from Yorkshire, I'll bet he wears a cap too.
 
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hehe, good guess, but no - not even a flat 'at
 
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Originally Posted by JagV8
For the isolation relay during shipping, I suspect. (It is for the S-Type.)
This.

And auxiliary power for the flux capacitor too.......

As was said, do not exceed 88 MPH with the FC hooked up or you will wind up driving your Jag toward a thundering herd of wooly mammoths.

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Originally Posted by JagV8
hehe, good guess, but no - not even a flat 'at
I would keep that quiet, you may get deported.


I thought the flat 'at was as compulsory as whippet/ ferret owning up there ?
 
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Old 03-14-2015, 04:22 AM
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It's what we tell southerners to keep 'em out

Yorkshire's nice and empty and we like it that way!
 
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Originally Posted by andrew lowe
........ I thought the flat 'at was as compulsory as whippet/ ferret owning up there ?
A true story from the next county north from Yorkshire.

Many years ago, an old school friend of mine who was also my Solicitor resigned to requalify as a Barrister. As there was a period of six weeks between the two, he decided to 'sign on' as unemployed.

After extensive inquiries at several local hostelries, he was confident he 'knew the form' and duly turned up at the Dole Office dressed in a collarless shirt, flat cap and accompanied by a (borrowed) whippet on a piece of string in place of a lead.

All went well with the preliminaries until he was asked about any qualifications. When he accurately claimed to hold a first class honours degree in Law from the University of St Andrews, the staff called security to have him ejected!

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Excuse for a moment while I hijack this thread (the second time): Does anybody in any of the Colonies understand what these ^^^^ing jokes are about? caps and whippets? WTF?
 
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Originally Posted by Jhartz
Excuse for a moment while I hijack this thread (the second time): Does anybody in any of the Colonies understand what these ^^^^ing jokes are about? caps and whippets? WTF?
Apprearing in a "collarless shirt, flat cap and a whippet dog on a piece of string in place of a lead" are the same as showing up in a "wife beater" t shirt, baseball cap and pit bull on a leash made from the belt from your trousers, sorry, I meant blue jeans.

All indicate poverty or lack of education and low social status.
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