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Loose connection wires in the frunk?

Hello,

I’m asking for a friend that has a 1987 911.

Can someone determine what these 3 wires are/from and where they connect to?











Thank you

Old 08-31-2025, 04:09 PM
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I was going to answer this as a quick win. I have an '87 and it's an easy check. But...

The black female connector is power for the A/C Condenser fan. It has red power wire (vertical) brown ground (horizontal). Those match to one of the white male connectors in your pics.

Here's the funky part. My '87 has a white w/green for the power.
Now, I haven't run A/C for 30 years. So, I'm not sure that's correct. But, I also don't see a matching red / brown connector anywhere nearby.

I don't know about the brown + yellow w/black. Mine is also orphaned there.

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I was in that area today and took pictures, but I have my battery maintainer in the way. I can take better pictures tomorrow, when I wrote the battery vent hose to atmosphere.

From what I recall, you’ve got the AC blower and the windshield washer pump there.


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I was going to answer this as a quick win. I have an '87 and it's an easy check. But...

The black female connector is power for the A/C Condenser fan. It has red power wire (vertical) brown ground (horizontal). Those match to one of the white male connectors in your pics.

Here's the funky part. My '87 has a white w/green for the power.
Now, I haven't run A/C for 30 years. So, I'm not sure that's correct. But, I also don't see a matching red / brown connector anywhere nearby.

I don't know about the brown + yellow w/black. Mine is also orphaned there.

White/green is the correct color for AC condenser power. That's what appears on the factory diagram for '87.
That same factory diagram shows that the connector with yellow/back and brown wires is for the headlight washing system.
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Connector with red/white and brown wires could be for heated spray jets.
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Thanks everyone for your help
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Thanks Giles. Very much appreciate the clarification.

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