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What is this cable behind speedometer????

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Trying to remove the speedometer and this cable going through the green clip is stopping me. I can’t see where it goes under the dash. I tried pulling the green clip but did not budge. There is always something to make a simple job a pain!

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That is your amp meter. That black cable is the main power cable to the battery for everything except the starter. There should be a connector on that wire that you can open up.
 
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Ok. I’ll look further towards passenger side. Right behind the speedo it goes right into the main harness without a connector.
 

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Stock harness should have a bullet connector near ammeter loop.
And if you run wire in other direction at reassembly, ammeter will read backawards.

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For some reason the thick wire for my ammeter is 15” or longer than yours. It goes under the steering column towards the switches. Maybe the bullet is over there.
 

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I think you have a 69 Bronco?

The Black wire disappears into harness, and ends at firewall connector behind fuse panel.
Follow it in other direction and you should find bullet connector with Blak/Yellow stripe wire.
The BK/YE wire disappears into same harness, has splices feeding Ignition switch, light switch, and fuse panel, before ending at the other firewall connector behind fuse panel.

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