Unknown wire

[airspeed]

I'm in the process of pulling the engine and disconnecting all the wires, I found one that was not plugged to anything. It is bundled in the harness that runs from the battery terminal to the started motor. It is orange with a single push type socket. The photo shows it lying across the alternator bracket. Any ideas?

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[Geonovast]

 

I'm assuming you don't have AC.

 

Looks like the connector for the AC clutch.

[kro10000]

Eww... Fram filter

[dasbulliwagen]

Yes AC wire.

[airspeed]

That is right , no A/C. I'm still trying to decide if I should rebuild the 2.5 or do the 4.0 upgrade? If I was to find a Cherokee to use for the upgrade what would be the prefered year? I'm thinking ~95-96. A premium rebuild on that 2.5 will cost me about $1800, I can find a decent 4.0 Cherokee for about $3500. Not sure if my drive-shafts will work with the 4.0 upgrade?

[89comanchesleeper]

i don't think thats a a/c wire. i did a tune up on my 2.5 yesterday and seen the same wire on minethat wasnt hooked to anything and mine has a/c that blows cold..

[89comanchesleeper]

yup i just ran out and looked. the wire goin to the a/c is yellow black connector the black goin in to the compressor. I'm interested to find out what this wire goes to now.

[jimoshel]

Trace that wire back and it goes to a 6 pin connector with only 5 wires. The position for that wire is empty. So basically you have a orange wire coming from nowhere going nowhere. Probably for a possible option not installed or future upgrade. Can find no mention or reference on it in any manual.

[HOrnbrod]

Cruise?