1st Gen R53 Cooper S What's This Harness Beside the Hood Latch?

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    #1 minsanity, Jul 9, 2015
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    Can this be hidden away?
    Thanks, guys!
     
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    #2 Eric@Helix, Jul 9, 2015
    Grounds.
     
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    #3 minsanity, Jul 9, 2015
    The one under the hood latch cable w/ thin brown wires are grounds, Eric? For what? Thanks!!!
     
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    #4 BlimeyCabrio, Jul 9, 2015
    That's one of several common ground blocks on the car. Lots of things have grounds up there, mostly lights and horns.
     
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    #5 minsanity, Jul 9, 2015
    Paul, Eric, Thanks!!!!:)
     
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    #6 Metalman, Jul 9, 2015
    You have grounds in yer coffee and you have grounds in yer MINI....

    You will never be considered groundless on M/A....:D
     
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    #8 mrntd, Jul 10, 2015
    I thought it was something to collect extra dirt. :rolleyes: :frown2:
     
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    #9 Metalman, Jul 10, 2015
    And why would MINI use such a "Oversized" junction connection for just a few wires... Seems like a great way to collect salt for corrosion in the winter besides a "dirt tray"...
     
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    #10 Nathan, Jul 10, 2015
    Retaining that heritage of unreliability from British Automotive Electronics.
     
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    #11 BlimeyCabrio, Jul 10, 2015
    Lucas, Prince of Darkness, needs little nooks like this to store his mystical smoke.
     
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    #12 mrntd, Jul 13, 2015
    When I started in the computer business in the '80s a customer would come in and say his computer stopped working. We'd take a quick look and if it was dead we'd tell them they let the magic smoke out of the chips. Often the reaction was "yeah I saw smoke come out, that must be it". :eek6:
     

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