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MS2 Brown Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:46 am
by STOICH
Need a refresher please:
I am swapping my MS2 from my old sandrail back to a baja bug. I have found a Brown wire that I had cut short, about the same length as the wires for the fuel pump, and 12V wires that were going to relays. According to the MS2 wire schematic, it shows a brown wire, however, it doesn't really list a function, am I reading that correctly that it runs through a 3 amp fuse and simply to a switched 12V? The wire itself has either lost any written labeling over the years or never had it- I say that as the MS2 diagram doesn't have it labeled either, or at least not that I can see. Without the wire being labeled, and my being used to Brown being ground, I figured I'd run for help first, rather than last. Thanks for the help!
https://www.msextra.com/doc/general/ms2external.html
Re: MS2 Brown Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:03 pm
by STOICH
STOICH wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:46 am
Need a refresher please:
I am swapping my MS2 from my old sandrail back to a baja bug. I have found a Brown wire that I had cut short, about the same length as the wires for the fuel pump, and 12V wires that were going to relays. According to the MS2 wire schematic, it shows a brown wire, however, it doesn't really list a function, am I reading that correctly that it runs through a 3 amp fuse and simply to a switched 12V? The wire itself has either lost any written labeling over the years or never had it- I say that as the MS2 diagram doesn't have it labeled either, or at least not that I can see. Without the wire being labeled, and my being used to Brown being ground, I figured I'd run for help first, rather than last. Thanks for the help!
https://www.msextra.com/doc/general/ms2external.html
Sorry If that is considered a dumb question, I'm finding a few different schematics that contradict each other. I'm starting to wonder if that was possibly my signal wire to the MSD. Well, I'll keep at it.
Re: MS2 Brown Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:33 pm
by Ol'fogasaurus
There are no dumb questions! In this case its just that some times additional understanding(s) needs to be clarified.
It looks to be a power point off the battery, through a couple of relays, that hooks into a distribution point but prior to that a tap for a hall sensor can be made... if necessary. That's my reading of the wiring diagram anyway... for what it is worth.
Lee
Re: MS2 Brown Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 2:04 pm
by STOICH
Ol'fogasaurus wrote: ↑Tue Feb 26, 2019 1:33 pm
There are no dumb questions! In this case its just that some times additional understanding(s) needs to be clarified.
It looks to be a power point off the battery, through a couple of relays, that hooks into a distribution point but prior to that a tap for a hall sensor can be made... if necessary. That's my reading of the wiring diagram anyway... for what it is worth.
Lee
I appreciate that Lee

I've let the smoke out of this thing before, and the kind people at DIYautotune were nice enough to save me that time- I'm a little gunshy on it now. I know it is a MS2, but the wiring from the MS3 schematic is more how I remember it- I think it was firing the MSD. That came to me this morning however, maybe it will make more sense when I am looking at it again.
Re: MS2 Brown Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:00 pm
by Ol'fogasaurus
It does look like a 3 amp circuit breaker so as the old saying goes: if the foo $#its wear it

. Double check things first though.
Lee
Re: MS2 Brown Wire
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 6:59 pm
by STOICH
Solved. thanks, you haven't heard the last of me!