what is this plug? (from sidelight wire)

Hi people,

i was wondering what the socket thing pictured in the attached photo is. I have had a look around the forum and the net in general but I couldn't find anything.

It's coming out of the thick strip of wires going from to the right hand side front lights and has 2 brown wires with blue tracers leading into it. I tested it with the multimeter and it gets a feed when the sidelights are turned on

if anyone knows what it is and what might have been / could be plugged into it please don't hesitate to let me know

thanks, Will

thats where the flux capacitor or warp drive plugs into but only on export models

hebdenwill said:

Hi people,

i was wondering what the socket thing pictured in the attached photo is. I have had a look around the forum and the net in general but I couldn't find anything.

It's coming out of the thick strip of wires going from to the right hand side front lights and has 2 brown wires with blue tracers leading into it. I tested it with the multimeter and it gets a feed when the sidelights are turned on

if anyone knows what it is and what might have been / could be plugged into it please don't hesitate to let me know

thanks, Will

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Could be for headlight washers, yes some models did have them.

ok ta, was wondering about a warp drive kit, seen one for about 5000 imperial credits, any good? im sick of trundling along at 65 on the m62. or maybe i'll just get some roof markers like lorries have

hebdenwill said:

Hi people,

i was wondering what the socket thing pictured in the attached photo is. I have had a look around the forum and the net in general but I couldn't find anything.

It's coming out of the thick strip of wires going from to the right hand side front lights and has 2 brown wires with blue tracers leading into it. I tested it with the multimeter and it gets a feed when the sidelights are turned on

if anyone knows what it is and what might have been / could be plugged into it please don't hesitate to let me know

thanks, Will

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It's connector C0014, which plugs into the dim-dip resistor, mounted on the back of the inner wing -

(pictured with driver's wing removed)





This time, without the crap -




The connectors are mounted on the bracket to the left.


The wire colours are -

300Tdi - Brown, and Brown/Green trace

TD5 - Brown/White trace, and Brown/Green trace

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ah ok, thanks, so what does the dim-dip resistor do?

hebdenwill said:

ah ok, thanks, so what does the dim-dip resistor do?

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With the engine running, and just sidelights selected on the main lighting switch, using a Pink relay behind the instrument binnacle (and this resistor), it illuminates the dipped beams at reduced power, hence - 'Dim-Dip'

Dim-Dip was a 'UK only' lighting system fitted from the mid 80's through to the late 90's (and possibly into the early 2000's), it didn't comply with EU regulations and was dropped as a fitment.

It's not, and never has been, a legal requirement - so, many people disconnect the resistor and by-pass the Pink relay to do away with it.

Earlier implementations of Dim-Dip (my 110 had it) used a mega-expensive electronic 'transformer' to drop power to the dipped beams; but, when this failed (as it did), you could just un-plug it, and the lighting would work as normal.

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The dim dip resistor resists yer dim dip

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To answer your earlier question - you could use it a power source for an accessory.

The Brown/Green wire is of no use (other side of resistor to Pink relay); but, the Brown or Brown/White wire, is a fused permanent live -

On a 300Tdi, it's fed from Fusible Link 1 (30A) in the engine compartment fuse box (on the bulkhead, in the engine bay), on a Brown 2.0mm² cable.

On a TD5, it's fed from the main ignition switch feed from Fusible Link 5 (60A) in the engine compartment fuse box (in the RH under-seat locker), on a Brown/White 2.0mm² cable.


C0014 is a 2-way female Econoseal connector, you can connect to it using a 2-way male Econoseal connector -




You would use a male terminal in cavity 1 (to connect to the permanent live), and a cavity blank in cavity 2 -




On a TD5, you should also fit an inline fuse close to the connector.

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