rear view mirror

[joserivas19]

does anyone know where the pink wire from the rear view mirror that has the compass and the temp go to? the pink wire being the one that displays the temp on the mirror. i know it goes to the engine, just dont know where or to which wire connect it to. thanks.

[Cliff8928]

What car did the mirror come from?

[joserivas19]

it came off the 2001 aurora. also the bravada has it, from what ive seen.

[Cliff8928]

There doesn't seem to be a pink wire shown for a 2001 (which is the first year of the new body).

For the old body style, these are the pinouts.

Pin Wire Color Circuit No. Function

1 PNK 39 Fused Output - Ign 1
2 BLK/WHT 351 Ground
3 LT GRN 24 Back -Up Lamp Feed
4 GRY 1690 Mirror Signal - Outside
5 PNK 1691 Mirror Signal Return - Outside
6-7 -- -- Not Used

[joserivas19]

thanks for the info cliff. i was messing with the wires yesterday and found that the pink is just a power wire. but the one that i need now is the light green wire also from the rear view mirror. it goes to this on the aurora:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/joserivas19/DSCF0123.jpg
its right under the main fuse box under the hood. but in the aurora it has two clips like this one:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l223/joserivas19/DSCF0126.jpg
and our cars only have one oversized clip. also, what would the wire color be on our cars? thanks.

[joserivas19]

never mind cliff, i did alot of searching today. i found out that the mirror if a Gentex brand mirror. also that the 3 wires that mine has are pink-12v, green-back up light(something about it turns off the auto dimming on the mirror when you back up), and black-ground. they also told me that mine doesnt have the temp portion of it. it says it does, but it doesnt have the wiring for it. so as a summary the green wire that i needed is supposed to be hoked up to the back-up lights. thanks for all your help cliff. really appreciate it.

[Cliff8928]

Yep, it's to un-dim the mirror at night so you can see where you're backing up.

Your mirror doesn't have temp... I don't think any of the Auroras do, do they?

[joserivas19]

im not too sure if they do. the one i got only has the compass/mirror switch. maybe the bravada or another model has the temp on it. the reason why i though mine had the temp if cuz i saw someone that had it, but theres two versions of the same model. its a Gentex gntx-177. theres 2 versions for the same mirror. but thanks for your help cliff. im gonna head to the junk yard right now to see if i find one that does have the temp button.

[joserivas19]

cliff, do you have an aurora or just access to a site that has the diagrams. if its a site, may i know the name of it, so i can get some diagrams too? thanks bro.