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Old 02-10-2019, 11:09 PM
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So I just got a ‘99 Disco 2 as my first Land Rover. It’s in fairly good condition for its age. Inspecting under the hood I notice a black/white wire coming out of the alternator with a bit of electrical tape and not connected to anything. Then there’s a piece of brown/yellow wire with shrink wrap at the end also not attached to anything. What is going on here?
 
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Old 02-11-2019, 09:43 AM
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The little wire from the alternator is supposed to go to the alternator warning lamp on the dash.
 
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Old 02-11-2019, 11:05 AM
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The brown/yellow wire is supposed to be connected to the smaller terminal on the alternator and run to connector C0203, which is a gray connector located to the rear of the engine compartment fuse box. From there it passes through another connector behind and below the steering wheel before terminating at the instrument panel warning light just like Roustabout said. Is your battery/alternator light on?

I have no idea about the black/white wire.
 
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Old 02-11-2019, 11:43 AM
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since the brown/yellow wire is supposed to be connected to the alternator, and the black/white wire is connected to the alternator but not to anything else, i'm guessing that the signal wire probably broke so someone tried to repair and/or extend it.
 
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Old 02-11-2019, 11:51 AM
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Originally Posted by mln01
The brown/yellow wire is supposed to be connected to the smaller terminal on the alternator and run to connector C0203, which is a gray connector located to the rear of the engine compartment fuse box. From there it passes through another connector behind and below the steering wheel before terminating at the instrument panel warning light just like Roustabout said. Is your battery/alternator light on?

I have no idea about the black/white wire.
the only lights I have on are the 3 amigos.
 
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You do have your oil fill tube and cap yes???
 
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Old 02-12-2019, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by shanechevelle
You do have your oil fill tube and cap yes???
Yes, I took the cap off for the picture.
 
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