Mystery connector

[walkinginperu]

My reversing lights don't seem to be working, so I had a poke around the gearbox and spotted this:


I assume this should have a connector on it which then operates the rear lights when the car is in reverse? Has anyone got a photo of the cable that should attach to this so I can try and find it please?

Also found this little chap:


It's on the coolant tank side of the engine. Any ideas?

[Brunty]

It'll be 2 spades that fit on that rather than a connector block.

[walkinginperu]

Ok thanks Brunty. Any pics of the connector by any chance?

[Risocco]

Ben you can have a nose round my engine on the weekend bud, when you pop over. The red connector is unplugged in my engine bay too, god knows what it does!

Alex

[monzajake]

as brunty say two spade connecters one of the wires im pretty sure is brown/black

[Nate]

mine had a plug on it, not loose spades. check the plug with a volt meter. see if you've got +12v switched with ignition live on one of them. if you have, connect the 2 wires together via a 5amp fuse and see if the reverse lights come on.

the reverse switch was probably disconnected because it's buggered!

[walkinginperu]

the reverse switch was probably disconnected because it's buggered!

Haha, almost certainly. Everything else on the car seems to be at the minute, so it wouldn't surprise me.
When I phoned up to get an insurance quote last they kept asking if it was an automatic, I've got a sneaky suspicion someone may have done a manual conversion on this in the past. I guess the auto would have the reverse switch on the gear selector rather than on the gearbox? Anyone with an auto confirm or deny?

[Brunty]

Don't know about the auto switch, but I do know that DVLA has had several sciroccos listed as autos when they weren't.