Misc wiring behind seat

Pulled the bench seat and carpet out of my 86 250 xlt lariat and found a small two wire connection behind the seat. Any ideas on what they might have powered? Has an aftermarket storage unit behind seat so not sure what was there originally.

Dee1986 wrote

Pulled the bench seat and carpet out of my 86 250 xlt lariat and found a small two wire connection behind the seat. Any ideas on what they might have powered? Has an aftermarket storage unit behind seat so not sure what was there originally.

They would be the wires that went to the switch in the driver's seat belt buckle. The switch is normally closed, and opens when the seat belt is buckled (Thus turning off the seat belt buzzer). Check the wire colors to confirm. Lower RH corner in the picture below.

That makes sense, previous owner must have disconnected to eliminate the belt warning.
Thanks

Dee1986 wrote

That makes sense, previous owner must have disconnected to eliminate the belt warning.
Thanks

There is a little plug there...I think I can see it in your picture. This was so that it could be disconnected when removing the seat. Those wires were probably disconnected on lots of trucks back then. The buzzers get removed too;).

Good job, Cory.  You took a screen shot, which allowed you to zoom in.  That's more than I do - I just right click the pic, choose Copy Image Address, and paste that into the "Or copy an image from the Internet:" entry in the Insert Image popup, making sure I wipe out the existing http://.  I'm lazy.  

Gary Lewis wrote

Good job, Cory.  You took a screen shot, which allowed you to zoom in.  That's more than I do - I just right click the pic, choose Copy Image Address, and paste that into the "Or copy an image from the Internet:" entry in the Insert Image popup, making sure I wipe out the existing http://.  I'm lazy.  

Ha! Gary, I have both the 1984 and 1985 factory service manuals in PDF on my PC, so that is usually where I go for this stuff....I'm not sure if it's quicker or just habit, but I can zoom the PDF and then grab the image. My wife got me using the Windows Snipping Tool, and now I use it every day...usually multiple times, for work stuff and Bullnose stuff. I'm getting better at linking to your website...especially if info on a whole page is required...like paint codes, etc...but my default mode is to go directly to my own PDF's for smaller images.

Cory - That makes sense.  PDF gives you a very crisp picture, assuming a high resolution when it was created, and you can zoom in and still get a nice snag.

Whatever works for you is best.  I do it that way frequently as well.  Snag something, circle the thing in question, and save it.  I have a Misc folder and put all the one-off stuff in it.  Once posted it won't be used again and I purge it every once in a while.

Rembrant wrote

Dee1986 wrote

That makes sense, previous owner must have disconnected to eliminate the belt warning.
Thanks

There is a little plug there...I think I can see it in your picture. This was so that it could be disconnected when removing the seat. Those wires were probably disconnected on lots of trucks back then. The buzzers get removed too;).

My replacement belts did not have the switch so mine is laying disconnected behind the seat as well lol. Granted the buzzer and light were super intermittent anyway.