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What are these wires for?

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4wdave
1988 560SL. While reinstalling aux water pump after repair, I found these wires and plugs dangling near mono valve. But I couldn’t find any empty sockets?
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the upper pair of wires/pins look like they should go to a lamp socket. The other one has a plastic connector with two pins: 2 brown and 2 blk/yel to each pin.
Any ideas?
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jaymaynard
Those may be for the burglar alarm that was standard on the 560SL.
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I believe it's an anti-tamper switch, which sets the alarm off when the hood is opened and the alarm is armed.
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jaymaynard
My 560SL doesn't have the alarm at all. There's an open space forward of the monovalve where it would have gone. I can't tell from your pictures, but that's where it would go.
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