What's this wire - 73.5 oil gauge

[crh]

Hi

I suspect I have a bad Alternator &/or VR in a 73.5 911.

In the process of trouble shooting, I decided to clean the connectors to the warning lamp (blue and red/blk) on back of oil gauge. When I pulled the gauge out I see there is an unattached green wire (photo below). I believe I see this in the wiring diagram, and that it runs to the 14 pin connector.

Before I connect the green wire to the free terminal on the back of the gauge - can someone confirm this to be correct?

Thanks

Charles

[edmayo]

That green wire is only used for sportomatics, but it is in every harness. Sporto's had a warning light on the oil temp gauge since the torque converter used engine oil. And that free terminal is just a ground lug, there's already a brown ground wire connected to the other ground lug.

[crh]

Great to have access to people who know these machines inside/out!

Thanks

Charles

[Doc72]

Search is your friend, and the amount of knowledge here is staggering. Thanks again to everyone.

[kentf14]

Great resources here. I had the same Q
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ght=green+wire

[304065]

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[edmayo]

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